At its peak a few years ago in the US, about 1.2% of the population was opiate dependent. In 1949 in China, 4.4% of the population was opiate dependent. Pretty stark that the rate per capita was almost quadruple. Of course, the potency of what people in China in 1949 were using was significantly lower on average.

Wait I thought drugs are illegal? How come there are still opioid addicts?

Can opium really be considered an opi-oid when it’s the OG?

Is the opioid epidemic crisis in America still bad?

The US flag always looks like it's for clowns when put against other flags. Americans prob don't see it because they're used to it, but it's got all the hallmarks. Uncle Sam always looked like a Ronald McDonald for kids of drafting age and up.

Meanwhile, China should go back to the Qing flags; dope af—no pun intended. The new one with the sun up the top left is alright, but very boring.

I dunno who these guys on the bottom-left are. Placeholder graphic?

While this certainly is not the intent of China's current leadership (at least not in whole), make no mistake. China is VERY aware of their "Century of Humiliation" as they call it and are dead set on regaining their place as the overwhelming master of the global economy like they were for thousands of years. At least, Xi Jinping himself is set on this goal and doing his best to make the rest of the nation follow suit. Again, don't get me wrong, America's shitty decisions are the cause of their own opioid crisis, I'm just pointing out that Xi has probably privately laughed at the irony at least once or twice

I'm sure it has been used at times by uncool people, but dragon flag goes hard

China was forced to become addicted. The US did it to itself.

People forget that the US benefitted greatly from forcing opium on China.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/american-old-money-opium-trade-fortunes/

After Britain, the country that benefited the most from the China trade—and, therefore, the global traffic in opium—was none other than the United States. And in the United States, unlike in Britain, it is well-established that the beneficiaries included many of the preeminent families, institutions, and individuals in the land.

doesn't this mean you approve of Trump's plan on tackling drug and opioid addiction?