What hasn’t? USA has been transforming itself with technology for the last 200 years on an amazing pace. Cars, telephones, radios, television, airplanes, computers, Internet, smart phones, social media. The whole social fabric has been upended several times.
Using technology broadly- first I was thinking of things like opioid painkillers- given out like candy in the 90s due to pharma marketing, then there was a huge backlash. Meanwhile I believe Japan has been pretty strict on medication. Amphetamines are strictly controlled there too while in parts of the US they are widely used as performance enhancers for studying.
Another change to the social fabric is due to globalism, shareholder capitalism and roboticization taking away US manufacturing jobs. Also big box replacing locally owned retail, and possibly internet shopping replacing bix box stores. Of course these are present in Japan too, but not allowed to dramatically change society quite so fast.
> Amphetamines are strictly controlled there too while in parts of the US they are widely used as performance enhancers for studying.
In the US, amphetamines are strictly controlled too, it is a schedule II drug. You need to be prescribed by a doctor, and they cannot write a prescription for more than 30 days worth of prescription at once. You have to visit the doctor every 90 days to get re-validated that you need your prescription and all is good. If you are caught even once abusing drugs (not just this specific one, but any in general), including stuff like giving them out to other people, you are never getting prescribed amphetamines again in your life, and that will be the least of your worries in this scenario.
Iirc in Japan amphetamines are "controlled" in a sense that they cannot be prescribed at all. Hell, I was looking to travel to Japan soon, and turns out I cannot even bring my 30 days worth of prescription that I fully legally own in the US, no matter what kind of records or papers from my doctor or the hospital that I am willing to provide to their authorities.
So yeah, it is a bit easier to control abuse when no one can get the drug even legally in your country in the first place. I wouldn't call a full-on ban as "controlled" though. Not trying to make a claim that the US approach to this is better than that of Japan, that's not my intent. Just pointing out that using amphetamines as an example of "Japan controlling drugs" compared to the US is a bit of a bad example.
Its true that amphetamines are legally controlled drugs in the US but in many circles (ie undergraduate college) they are widely available. Its well known to the point that the Alameda CEO could tweet publicly about regular amphetamine use.
My point was that, whether you call Japanese law “ban” or “strict control” its much harder to get strong stimulants there. I believe you can even get in serious trouble for bringing sudafed decongestant from the US since its not legal there.
What hasn’t? USA has been transforming itself with technology for the last 200 years on an amazing pace. Cars, telephones, radios, television, airplanes, computers, Internet, smart phones, social media. The whole social fabric has been upended several times.
I mean, many of those entered strong even to third-world countries, I honestly don’t know what you imagine goes on in other places.
I agree. OP was asking what upended. Many things did.
None of those is exclusive to the US.
They were created in the US. Where do you think America's money comes from?
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Using technology broadly- first I was thinking of things like opioid painkillers- given out like candy in the 90s due to pharma marketing, then there was a huge backlash. Meanwhile I believe Japan has been pretty strict on medication. Amphetamines are strictly controlled there too while in parts of the US they are widely used as performance enhancers for studying.
Another change to the social fabric is due to globalism, shareholder capitalism and roboticization taking away US manufacturing jobs. Also big box replacing locally owned retail, and possibly internet shopping replacing bix box stores. Of course these are present in Japan too, but not allowed to dramatically change society quite so fast.
> Amphetamines are strictly controlled there too while in parts of the US they are widely used as performance enhancers for studying.
In the US, amphetamines are strictly controlled too, it is a schedule II drug. You need to be prescribed by a doctor, and they cannot write a prescription for more than 30 days worth of prescription at once. You have to visit the doctor every 90 days to get re-validated that you need your prescription and all is good. If you are caught even once abusing drugs (not just this specific one, but any in general), including stuff like giving them out to other people, you are never getting prescribed amphetamines again in your life, and that will be the least of your worries in this scenario.
Iirc in Japan amphetamines are "controlled" in a sense that they cannot be prescribed at all. Hell, I was looking to travel to Japan soon, and turns out I cannot even bring my 30 days worth of prescription that I fully legally own in the US, no matter what kind of records or papers from my doctor or the hospital that I am willing to provide to their authorities.
So yeah, it is a bit easier to control abuse when no one can get the drug even legally in your country in the first place. I wouldn't call a full-on ban as "controlled" though. Not trying to make a claim that the US approach to this is better than that of Japan, that's not my intent. Just pointing out that using amphetamines as an example of "Japan controlling drugs" compared to the US is a bit of a bad example.
Its true that amphetamines are legally controlled drugs in the US but in many circles (ie undergraduate college) they are widely available. Its well known to the point that the Alameda CEO could tweet publicly about regular amphetamine use.
My point was that, whether you call Japanese law “ban” or “strict control” its much harder to get strong stimulants there. I believe you can even get in serious trouble for bringing sudafed decongestant from the US since its not legal there.
I see, that's a good point, thanks!
Television created the suburbs.
(not the OP)
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