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One of largest concerns of pre-Doomsday society was the consumption and distribution of illegal drugs. Many rebel groups and terrorist organizations funded their operations by the growing, processing and sale of these drugs. Ironically, Doomsday brought an unexpected cure for many suffering from the deleterious side-effects of narcotic abuse across society, as most people were now concerned with finding food than getting high. Following the collapse, many of the more complicated drugs to create, such as cocaine and MDMA were lost to the past or became limited to very specific regions. However, as society is slowly becoming less survivalist, the drug trade is beginning to pick up in certain areas of the globe, with new narcotic substances surfacing alongside the old.
The following WCRB Reports are classified by the categories of drugs, followed by the regions in which they are found.
Depressants[]
Marijuana[]
Marijuana is perhaps the widely known illegal substance throughout the globe. While several countries have legalized or decriminalized its use as they do not have the energy to spend combating the drug trade, it remains outlawed in many other parts of the globe, namely the ANZC. Many pre-War slang terms are used around the globe in dozens of languages, namely "pot", "ganja", "monte", "reefer", "weed", among others. Concentrated forms of the psychoactive part of the plant known as hashish or resinous "cannabis oils" are often easier to smuggle, and also fetch higher prices.
Stimulants[]
Hallucinogens[]
Although Doomsday saw the destruction or abandonment of the vast majority of LSD production, natural hallucinogens such as psilocybin-producing mushrooms, the peyote cactus containing mescaline, and even extracts of bufo toad venom and "ayahuasca" (dimethyltryptamine) synthesized from plant matter remain accessible in many societies.