From what I have been reading, this is becoming a big problem especially in the north of the country where the average North Korean is using it as well now.
It started way back in the 70's under Kim Il Sung to raise revenue for the regime but now there are many privately run meth labs producing the drug and much of this is being distributed amongst the population.
From what I have been reading, most North Koreans do not know about the adverse effects and are getting hooked on it.
They take it because it increases awareness in that it allows the user to stay awake longer and be more alert. they also see it as a painkiller and relaxant in place of medicine which is hard to get.
This is very bad because it will ruin individuals and families. it will be a degradation of family unity and a fraying of society in general
You can look online and see the effects of regular use of the drug and it's not pretty.
I won't include any pictures of it in this post
This article is fairly recent. 2013
https://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=11389&cataId=nk01500
This one was written by an intern Brian Liu for NKSC.
A good paper with lots of links to follow up on.
Kang Cheol Hwan is the founder of NKSC.
he was the author of the "Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten years in the North Korean gulag"
http://nksc.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/121815_A_Runaway_Train_BL.pdf
and some more reading here
https://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/SCG-FINAL-FINAL.pdf
It started way back in the 70's under Kim Il Sung to raise revenue for the regime but now there are many privately run meth labs producing the drug and much of this is being distributed amongst the population.
From what I have been reading, most North Koreans do not know about the adverse effects and are getting hooked on it.
They take it because it increases awareness in that it allows the user to stay awake longer and be more alert. they also see it as a painkiller and relaxant in place of medicine which is hard to get.
This is very bad because it will ruin individuals and families. it will be a degradation of family unity and a fraying of society in general
You can look online and see the effects of regular use of the drug and it's not pretty.
I won't include any pictures of it in this post
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1323432/high-alert-north-koreas-crystal-meth-epidemic
Short video from the wall street journal
Short video from the wall street journal
This article from the Dailynk goes back to 2007
https://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=11389&cataId=nk01500
This one was written by an intern Brian Liu for NKSC.
A good paper with lots of links to follow up on.
Kang Cheol Hwan is the founder of NKSC.
he was the author of the "Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten years in the North Korean gulag"
http://nksc.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/121815_A_Runaway_Train_BL.pdf
and some more reading here
https://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/SCG-FINAL-FINAL.pdf
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