[cscurmudgeon]

Then, why are there several countries with much stricter drug laws than the US (e.g. Singapore has the death penalty).

Many of them are outside of the US sphere of influence.

https://drugabuse.com/blog/the-20-countries-with-the-harshes...

[dontbeevil1992]

I don't see this as a counterargument for two reasons.

First, how do the actions of other countries have bearing on what is true about the history of our country?

Second, I don't know the details, but seems to me that powerful people in other countries could, just like the U.S., be reaping political and financial benefits from criminalizing drugs.

[cscurmudgeon]

There was no argument in the first place other than a disputed comment.