[bobthepanda]

I’m not familiar with Malaysia, but as far as I know Singapore, Japan, Korea, China certainly have educational systems that push conformity towards group values. (And high rates of bullying for those who stick out.)

The other thing is that unfamiliarity breeds resentment. It is, and was, a lot easier to get weed in the US than it is in a lot of Asian countries, and so most people don’t have a nice person they know who smokes weed. Whereas even if you don’t smoke in the US, it really isn’t that hard to find someone who smokes weed, and a fair amount, if not most, are just average people.