The saddest part of this whole thing is there are plenty of Western politicians who have tried drugs at least once, but none of them have the courage or realistically even the power to challenge the current attitudes…
As an example Barack Obama freely admitted to recreational drug use during his high school days, and has advocated a slightly more lenient attitude but as he currently is dealing with more important issues his own government civil servants are dragging their heels and keeping with the old Bush policies..
Even so he still regretted his use – worldwide no aspiring politician other than fringe green / extreme left political parties has had the courage to stand up and say they have no regrets for their drug use – and if/when they do people get so angry they stop voting for them and/or even ask for them to be investigated by the Police!
Also in the East the reason drugs are illegal is due to bitter memories of colonialism.
The British actively traded opiates to East and SE Asia and tolerated recreational drug use in their colonies in order to dumb down the population and make them subservient to their colonial masters, those who are leaders of these nations today were teenagers during colonial days, they aren’t going to forgive and forget.
