I really hate hard drugs because I’ve seen what they can do to people, but I hate poverty more because it sometimes drives otherwise good people to them destroying their lives in various ways.

Drug raids seize 3 tonnes of crystal meth in single Guangdong village

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“He added that Boshe was the most notorious area for drugs in Lufeng, with more than a fifth of households linked to production and trafficking rings.

“Provincial police deputy director Guo Shaobo said it was the province’s largest drug bust in terms of arrests, drugs and raw materials seized. It also represented the broadest co-operation among government units.

“Lufeng has a long history of producing drugs since the 1990s. More than half the 500 prisoners in the city’s detention centre were involved in drug-related crimes, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported. It said Lufeng was an impoverished area where most of the farmland was sandy.”

Imagine more than a fifth of households in your neighborhood involved in the production of drugs because there is no other way to make money. It’s mind-boggling.