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Changed statistics show that harsh policies aren’t working as well as had been hoped
Singapore’s fearsome reputation for dealing with drug users and dealers seems to have a few holes. The limited data that is available tends to suggest that harsh policies, most notably the death penalty for dealers in quite small amounts, are not as successful as might be thought and that policies may be being applied selectively to keep foreign tourists and local expatriates from featuring in too many cases which might rebound negatively on the Republic.
Drug availability has been so commonplace that schools for expatriates are resorting to random urine and hair tests of pupils as young as 11. Details of what happens to those caught with traces of drug use are not available. However, indications are that schools like to keep this in-house and apply sanctions such as suspensions and possibly expulsion rather than hand the culprit over to the police.
- http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3789&Itemid=195
Singapore’s fearsome reputation for dealing with drug users and dealers seems to have a few holes. The limited data that is available tends to suggest that harsh policies, most notably the death penalty for dealers in quite small amounts, are not as successful as might be thought and that policies may be being applied selectively to keep foreign tourists and local expatriates from featuring in too many cases which might rebound negatively on the Republic.
Drug availability has been so commonplace that schools for expatriates are resorting to random urine and hair tests of pupils as young as 11. Details of what happens to those caught with traces of drug use are not available. However, indications are that schools like to keep this in-house and apply sanctions such as suspensions and possibly expulsion rather than hand the culprit over to the police.
- http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3789&Itemid=195
