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I don't think the US ever had a war on drugs. If any state in the US did the following three things, Singapore style: Announce that all drugs are illegal, users
by Barrin92 3y ago
I don't think the US ever had a war on drugs. If any state in the US did the following three things, Singapore style: Announce that all drugs are illegal, users will be institutionalized and undergo mandatory rehab, traffickers will be executed you'd be rid of the drug problem pretty quickly.
Every US state I've ever been in had people use drugs, smoke weed, completely openly, every club, every corner. Where's the war?
- orwin 3y agoAlcohol is banned in Singapore too?
- standardUser 3y agoThe drug war is largely not happening in places you are visiting, my privileged friend. And your Singapore-style solution is antithetical to a free society.
- kube-system 3y agoThe US did implement mass incarceration for drug offenses. It happened mostly between 1980 and 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic_in_the_United_States#/media/File:US_incarceration_timeline-clean.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic_in_the_United_S...
- huytersd 3y agoThe problem is in Singapore they don’t just institutionalize drug users, they are physically punished and jailed for very long terms.