{"id":51245,"date":"2022-04-07T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T06:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=51245"},"modified":"2022-07-14T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T08:04:08","slug":"north-korean-authorities-hold-lectures-on-dangers-using-producing-illicit-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-authorities-hold-lectures-on-dangers-using-producing-illicit-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean authorities hold lectures on the dangers of using and producing illicit drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have recently begun holding \u201cpublic political lectures\u201d on the dangers of using and producing methamphetamines and opium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lectures target residents of regions along North Korea\u2019s border with China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With North Korea coming under international condemnation since Pyongyang pushed ahead with the test launch of what it claims to be a \u201cHwasong-17\u201d ICBM, the authorities are focusing domestically on preventing \u201cabnormal tendencies and ideological aberrations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lecture materials recently obtained by Daily NK said many North Koreans are secretly producing or using meth or opium, which \u201cparalyzes socialist lifestyles and the ideological spirit.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lecture materials said that though drug use had declined after the Supreme People&#8217;s Assembly adopted a drug crime prevention law last July, it is once again on the rise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opium and meth are chronic problems in North Korea. The authorities have also contributed to this problem \u2014 in 1992, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il ordered a large-scale expansion of poppy production, the so-called \u201cWhite Bellflower Campaign.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poppies are a key ingredient of opium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprises such as Nanam Pharmaceutical Factory and Hungnam Pharmaceutical Factory have also produced and illicitly exported so-called \u201cice,\u201d or methamphetamine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite this, the authorities have continued to crack down on drugs, warning that they \u201cparalyze ideological consciousness and give rise to capitalist thinking &#8211; namely, caring only about yourself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51246\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/\ub9c8\uc57d-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/\ub9c8\uc57d-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/\ub9c8\uc57d-3-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/\ub9c8\uc57d-3-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/\ub9c8\uc57d-3.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A copy of the materials recently distributed by the North Korean authorities. (Daily NK)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, the authorities stress that producing and using drugs constitute \u201canti-people, anti-state behavior that hitches onto the mad schemes of enemies who seek to transform and tear down our system.\u201d That is to say, they equate the production or use of methamphetamines and opium with betrayal of the party, leadership, and nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This suggests the authorities wish to highlight their \u201cspirit of love for the people,\u201d while warning that they will never overlook acts that cause spiritual or moral harm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities also apparently worry that drug use or production could deepen individualism or lead to growing discontent with the regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the lecture materials, the authorities implored the people to view the effort to root out drug use and production as \u201can important matter to protect our-style socialist system, yourself and your family,\u201d and to wage the struggle on drugs as a \u201cmass movement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The materials called on people to understand the severity and repercussions of drug production or use, and warned them against engaging in or getting caught up in such acts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The materials also tried to generate an atmosphere of fear, calling on the courts to bolster legal sanctions on people who secretly produce or use drugs, key to ending the source of the problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, faced with worsening shortages of medicines since North Korea closed its borders due to COVID-19, a skyrocketing number of locals are using opium or methamphetamines rather than legal medications. Sadly, this means people have little choice but to use illegal drugs to temporarily ease their pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people attempt to smuggle illegal drugs to earn money, too. Daily NK reported on Mar. 11 that the authorities had launched an investigation after <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korean-authorities-discover-huge-cache-of-illegal-drugs-in-china-north-korea-border-region\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discovering a large cache of illegal drugs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a vehicle that had entered the China-North Korea border region from the nation\u2019s interior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220406-5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities have recently begun holding \u201cpublic political lectures\u201d on the dangers of using and producing methamphetamines and opium. The lectures target residents of regions along North Korea\u2019s border with China. 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