Can we get a source on very little drug usage in China?
From what I've read over the years, there actually is notable drug use in China for instance among factory workers.[1][2][3]
Also I'm sure lots of people on HN who are more intimately familiar with the Tenderloin can opine better than I but from what I understand, drug usage in Tenderloin is more of a symptom - not the core problem. Similarly, the drugs being used openly in Tenderloin are not the ones that individuals normally tout as "mind expanding" or therapeutic.
From what I've read over the years, there actually is notable drug use in China for instance among factory workers.[1][2][3]
Also I'm sure lots of people on HN who are more intimately familiar with the Tenderloin can opine better than I but from what I understand, drug usage in Tenderloin is more of a symptom - not the core problem. Similarly, the drugs being used openly in Tenderloin are not the ones that individuals normally tout as "mind expanding" or therapeutic.
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30359871/ [2] http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/26/c_138175718.htm [3] https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0503/Break...