North Korea clamps down hard on a lot of things – including South Korean TV soaps, which can lead to execution by firing squad if you’re busted watching them.
Up to a third of North Korean citizens use drugs, according to International Christian University in Tokyo’s Stephen Nagy. But while the secretive dictatorship clamps down on everything from Bibles to haircuts, it is ‘turning a blind eye’ to massive crystal meth use in the country, defectors have claimed.
The regime also exports crystal meth made in factories in the country – and doctors prescribe the drug, Nagy has said.
Nagy said in an interview with 9 News that the regime ‘ manufactures drugs for export to earn hard currency. It excepts some of the surplus to filter into the population.
‘The stimulants keep the fatigued population energetic enough to continue working to meet the regime’s demands including agricultural production etc.’
A refugee told the Database Centre for North Korean Human Rights that, ‘drugs are easier to come by than rice.’
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