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Singapore and Japan have even better outcomes.

• arcticbull 4y ago
  Do you have a source? Or are you speculating? There's a lot to like about those places, but their approach is antithetical to at least the way the US and Canada likes to represent themselves. Decriminalization seems far more in line with western ideology. Freedom and personal responsibility combined with liberty. What's not to like? Especially since it works. Shall we solve the stuck gum under park benches with caning too? Smacking people with sticks does solve problems, but I'm not sure that's the kind of society I want to advocate for. Despite very much enjoying my time in Singapore. The benevolent authoritarianism model of Singapore is unique and interesting - and attempts to replicate it elsewhere have failed. Including a famous attempt in China where Deng Xiaoping and Lee Kwan Yew gave it a real college try in the early 90s. Worth reading about. [1] [1] https://www.thinkchina.sg/construction-singapore-model-mainland-china https://www.thinkchina.sg/construction-singapore-model-mainl...
• JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > Singapore and Japan have even better outcomes Japan's prohibitionist approach has left it with a meth problem we can't measure because of said prohibitionism [1]. [1] https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/japan-place-with-strangest-drug-debate-in-world/#ftnt7 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/japan-place-with-strangest-...