“Reactions are often strong and include tachycardia [increased heart rate], sweating, and severe vomiting … followed by a state of apathy and drowsiness,” the Frontiers in Pharmacology paper said.

That sounds really undesirable

Reading this I don’t feel it’s “Western arrogance”, more like grift and stupidity. Western people are not exceptional in that way, except maybe in that some Western societies reward both.