Comment by BizarroLand
5 years ago
I've heard (purely anecdotal) rumors that North Korea basically runs on Meth. I'm not sure if that is true but I suppose it would explain a lot.
5 years ago
I've heard (purely anecdotal) rumors that North Korea basically runs on Meth. I'm not sure if that is true but I suppose it would explain a lot.
NK has a lot of meth because the government started producing it for export in the 90s, and in the 2000s it became a sort of cottage industry and culturally normalized.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58838834
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/world/asia/north-korea-cr...
Imperial Japan was heavily dependent on amphetamines for wartime production and military stamina, and even gave the drug a patriotic-sounding name. It is definitely a useful tool for a totalitarian regime.
Not sure how this is related to my comment...?
Alcohol effects some subgroups (like Asians) differently so why not have more complex behaviors as genetic as well?