Lots of stuff already in the “war on drugs” thread.
To sum it up:
The Golden Triangle:
Massive levels of corruption - Established cartels and a long history of collusion with government officials. Similar to what was shown in Narcos.
Geography - trade routes, entry points = ease of smuggling (Which is one of the reasons why I’m not getting involved in any debate about guns in the US. I do not know how easy it is to obtain illegal firearms. It also wouldn’t surprise me that some First World countries have drug problems due to this as well.)
Poverty and lack of opportunity - Profit motive for traffickers; feelings of hopelessness for users.
Punishment without rehab - Drugs are GOOD SHIT. Coming off them causes withdrawals. You don’t give people blowjobs in dark alleys for a can of coke if you’re a “sugar addict”. You can’t expect someone who does that to fear punishment either unless you can effectively keep drugs out of jails.
No follow up programs to reintegrate users into society - What is this individual going to do when he gets out even if you can keep drugs out of jails? He now has a record, which would take away his employment prospects, which would put him in a state of even more hopelessness. Even if he doesn’t do anymore drugs, it’d be quite likely he’d do something illegal for survival like start selling them.
Why do you all think Duterte said “just shoot them all”? He may not be a good President but he’s not stupid. He understood the reality of it all.
Do not misconstrue what I’m going to say next:
That WOULD have worked in the short to mid term if there wasn’t any backlash and he was able to go all the way. But would any sane person want that?
AND it wouldn’t solve the problem in the long term if the entire system isn’t changed AND people’s standard of living don’t increase substantially.
You wanna make these kind of arguments when you look at certain countries doing extreme shit to rectify certain social problems, look at ROOT of the problems they’re trying to prevent or eradicate first.
Is it worth it to give up human rights for temporary peace of mind? You’ll end up screwing over the next generation, not protecting them.
EDIT:
Btw, Shariah Law is interpreted and implemented differently in different countries. Some simply serve as a minor addition to statutory law such as courts for family issues like inheritance etc. It’s not applied to the same degree throughout the world.
Also, here’s a question for anyone who doesn’t understand how the more authoritarian governments work:
If a government has the power to control the majority of the press and the release of national statistics, do you think it would be logical to believe their stats? You guys in the States don’t even trust Fauci and the CDC. Why would you trust any authoritarian government in other parts of the world that’s known to use draconian methods of punishment on even minor offenders?
Does this make any sense? What kind of society do you think would accept this? Definitely not one that would really question anything they say regardless of how absurd it may be. Who or what’s keeping them honest or transparent?
Even China has to go on MASSIVE propaganda campaigns and execute elaborate widescale methods of info manipulation to prevent people from screaming about “human rights” to hide shit like the Uyghur situation. Their citizens would never even accept anything like public flogging TODAY.
Do you trust China?