This happened all the time, you just never heard of it when you were growing up. China and Bangladesh are doing nothing other than murdering a random drug mule. Corruption allows drugs to flow in and out of especially China really easily. The reason why Cartels are so powerful is exactly because of the war on drugs. The industry is highly profitable and because it is illegal it is driven only into the hands of criminals.
The only solution is liberal policies that allow people to seek treatment or at least give them access to safer drugs.
The US has 20 times the per capita death rate from drug overdoses than Bangladesh. It has 30 times the opioid addiction rate of Singapore.
We have been liberalizing our drug policies for the last 20 years, and especially in the last 10. In that time, the number of annual drug overdose deaths has increased by a factor of five. I used to agree with you a decade ago about drug policies. But the math clearly has proven me wrong.
This happened all the time, you just never heard of it when you were growing up. China and Bangladesh are doing nothing other than murdering a random drug mule. Corruption allows drugs to flow in and out of especially China really easily. The reason why Cartels are so powerful is exactly because of the war on drugs. The industry is highly profitable and because it is illegal it is driven only into the hands of criminals.
The only solution is liberal policies that allow people to seek treatment or at least give them access to safer drugs.