Two hundred years ago, China crushed its opium epidemic with bold action. Today, the United States buries 100,000 overdose victims every year. What changed?
I don’t believe governments truly want to stop drug addiction. The ecosystem is too profitable—not just from drugs, but from all it enables: human trafficking, arms trades, legal systems, and privatized healthcare. In the U.S. alone, over **106,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in 2021** (CDC data)—yet treatment remains underfunded while corporations profit.
This reveals a deeper cultural divide. China’s continuous civilization stretches back **3,700 years** (verified from Xia Dynasty to modern China), while the U.S. traces just **248 years** since 1776. China evolved organically; America was built by colonization and immigration.
China strategizes for centuries, quietly turning historical humiliation into strength. America forgets its roots—both the exploited labor that built it and the communal values needed to sustain it. One culture plans generations ahead; the other can’t see past quarterly profits.
Systems aren’t broken—they’re operating exactly as designed.
All good strategy to deal with trafficking except what did China leaders do with the addicted? Were they just disposed of as well? When your addicted you’re not a criminal you’re a victim!🇨🇦
Is there any record of how that was handled the process or the scope of that undertaking. That must have been a massive program and problem for many families and workers young and old
thank you for your insight, to me, drug addiction is a social and cultural issue. China also struggled with drugs in the past, but after years of cultural education and public awareness, things improved. Of course, strong legal enforcement also played a key role.
Fighting addiction takes cooperation from every part of society, from the top down. I’ve lived in Canada for many years, and it breaks my heart to see so many people overdose. Honestly, many of them could have been saved, but they ended up dying on the streets. It's a tragedy that shouldn't be normal.
You want to speak of scapegoats, go look up the Sassoon family where the British opium wars are concerned. Then look up the sackler family where the American opioid crisis is concerned. The scapegoat here is white people, the culprit is a sub group of them who are semetic and trade in vices; jews.
Even the Chinese has a serious problem with them back in the day, kaifeng jews were a nuisance trading in the same vices back then which are sold today.
I don’t believe governments truly want to stop drug addiction. The ecosystem is too profitable—not just from drugs, but from all it enables: human trafficking, arms trades, legal systems, and privatized healthcare. In the U.S. alone, over **106,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in 2021** (CDC data)—yet treatment remains underfunded while corporations profit.
This reveals a deeper cultural divide. China’s continuous civilization stretches back **3,700 years** (verified from Xia Dynasty to modern China), while the U.S. traces just **248 years** since 1776. China evolved organically; America was built by colonization and immigration.
China strategizes for centuries, quietly turning historical humiliation into strength. America forgets its roots—both the exploited labor that built it and the communal values needed to sustain it. One culture plans generations ahead; the other can’t see past quarterly profits.
Systems aren’t broken—they’re operating exactly as designed.
All good strategy to deal with trafficking except what did China leaders do with the addicted? Were they just disposed of as well? When your addicted you’re not a criminal you’re a victim!🇨🇦
Mandatory rehab and detox, that what we did to one of our friends.
Is there any record of how that was handled the process or the scope of that undertaking. That must have been a massive program and problem for many families and workers young and old
thank you for your insight, to me, drug addiction is a social and cultural issue. China also struggled with drugs in the past, but after years of cultural education and public awareness, things improved. Of course, strong legal enforcement also played a key role.
Fighting addiction takes cooperation from every part of society, from the top down. I’ve lived in Canada for many years, and it breaks my heart to see so many people overdose. Honestly, many of them could have been saved, but they ended up dying on the streets. It's a tragedy that shouldn't be normal.
You want to speak of scapegoats, go look up the Sassoon family where the British opium wars are concerned. Then look up the sackler family where the American opioid crisis is concerned. The scapegoat here is white people, the culprit is a sub group of them who are semetic and trade in vices; jews.
Even the Chinese has a serious problem with them back in the day, kaifeng jews were a nuisance trading in the same vices back then which are sold today.
Very interesting read, thank you John!!