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Singapore's radical drug policy has worked pretty well, too [1] [2]. Why hasn't the world copied that? [1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/jun/0

Singapore's radical drug policy has worked pretty well, too [1] [2]. Why hasn't the world copied that? [1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/jun/05/singapore-policy-drugs-bay https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/jun/05/singap... [2] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24428567 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24428567

ilitirit 9y ago
Is that really a "radical" policy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_drug_trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_drug_tr...
mikeash 9y ago
Haven’t they? I thought a lot of countries had draconian anti-drug policies like that.
- moduspol 9y ago
  Yet they don't work as well as Singapore's? Hmm. Perhaps it's not as simple as "if it works here, it will work there."
  - mikeash 9y ago
    It’s never that simple, but we should examine and learn from what they do, and try it if it seems likely to work.
  - snarf21 9y ago
    I agree. Culture plays a role, especially in places like Singapore. Similarly (for good or bad) in the US, especially based on our history and Constitution.