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They also: - Have extreme penalties for drug offenses. - Have highly effective surveillance and law enforcement. I guess we can all find what we want in Sing
by creato 3y ago
They also:
- Have extreme penalties for drug offenses.
- Have highly effective surveillance and law enforcement.
I guess we can all find what we want in Singapore: an effective police state winning the war on drugs, or an effective welfare state.
- theossuary 3y agoIf extreme penalties for illicit drug use were the part of the equation that worked, then why does Saudi Arabia's drug problem continue to get worse? They've had a marked increase in the abuse of amphetamines, cocaine, and opioids over the last two decades. Maybe stop cherry picking the parts that you like and pretending like they're the parts that worked? https://www.unodc.org/pdf/report_2000-09-21_1.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/report_2000-09-21_1.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/trends2003_www_E.pdf https://www.unodc.org/pdf/trends2003_www_E.pdf https://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_web.pdf https://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR_2008_eng_we... https://www.unodc.org/res/wdr2022/MS/WDR22_Booklet_3.pdf https://www.unodc.org/res/wdr2022/MS/WDR22_Booklet_3.pdf