Doubtful. Drug prohibition is viewed pretty negatively across the entire left nowadays.
Even if Tobacco smoking is awful and should be reduced to a minimum, criminalizing it and hitting people with fines or even jail time for smoking cigs is yikes no matter which government does it.
I've seen other "nanny state" stuff get support here, and the site sometimes overcompensates in defending China, so I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say those factors would equal a non-insignificant percentage of people here going "well, it's okay when China does it, I'm sure they have their reasons".
I don't think many in the left have a problem with prohibition per se, but the implementation of it must be actually good. The implementation of prohibition most of the time however is usually just an attempt to imprison people in for-profit prisons without doing anything at all to address the material conditions creating the drug use.
Prohibition that isn't criminal but sends people into programs that also act as a signal for wider issues with societal conditions in an area could be effective. You need to do it without ruining lives further than they already may be suffering though.
Doubtful. Drug prohibition is viewed pretty negatively across the entire left nowadays.
Even if Tobacco smoking is awful and should be reduced to a minimum, criminalizing it and hitting people with fines or even jail time for smoking cigs is yikes no matter which government does it.
I'm cool with a country that went through a century of humiliation and opium wars having shit to work through regarding drugs.
I've seen other "nanny state" stuff get support here, and the site sometimes overcompensates in defending China, so I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say those factors would equal a non-insignificant percentage of people here going "well, it's okay when China does it, I'm sure they have their reasons".
You know we want the nanny state right?
No one is gonna go to jail or be fined for smoking cigarettes.
Capitalists building a profit-making enterprise out of selling cigarettes - maybe.
I don't think many in the left have a problem with prohibition per se, but the implementation of it must be actually good. The implementation of prohibition most of the time however is usually just an attempt to imprison people in for-profit prisons without doing anything at all to address the material conditions creating the drug use.
Prohibition that isn't criminal but sends people into programs that also act as a signal for wider issues with societal conditions in an area could be effective. You need to do it without ruining lives further than they already may be suffering though.
yeah im sure my life is gonna be totally fine when im mandated to attend a program for smoking fuckin cigarettes lol
Your life isn't but the state can use it as a signal for issues in your area of residence that needs to be addressed.
With a state that actually gives a fuck this would result in changes being applied to the conditions that brought about your problems.
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