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UltimateGamingTechie OP t1_j6mfud6 wrote

Reply to comment by Say10sadvocate in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie

I don't see the reasoning behind their pressure at all

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Say10sadvocate t1_j6mg8vk wrote

I've always thought it was just to justify their own position.

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TheRedBow t1_j6mlxn9 wrote

And to stop them from exporting it maybe

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kaizokuuuu t1_j6mumod wrote

No not for that, India and Nepal were a haven for the hippies during late 1900s, it was banned in Nepal in 1985 as well. Before that, a lot of young people from the US would just come and chill in Nepal and India. This was a big problem for the US because they were losing able bodied people who they could send to Vietnam and middle east to die. So they forced the countries to ban all types of grass. I have seen pictures of old shops in Freak Street Kathmandu with sign boards advertising marijuana. Guess how the street got its name.

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Fidonkus t1_j6owgic wrote

My heart can't take people refering to 24 years ago as "the 1900s"

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SpeshellED t1_j6n9eup wrote

"I don't see the reasoning behind their pressure at all"

Big Pharma

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hambluegar_sammwich t1_j6oenog wrote

This. The US government is an extension of corporations, and pot competes with pharmaceuticals.

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aZamaryk t1_j6ovaow wrote

For their idiotic war on drugs, probably.

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MrArgento t1_j6nu7ae wrote

Simple really:

The legalization of any drug would drive down the prices, so it helps to prohibit things, at least on paper.

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UltimateGamingTechie OP t1_j6nvm5b wrote

Drive down the prices where? It was illegal in the US back then so I don't see how the government would benefit from this.

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MrArgento t1_j6nxmpi wrote

Everywhere.

True tho, in this case it was small time smuggling.

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