What do you think of the Singapore approach to drugs ? - Lemmy.World

Singapore is an international trading hub. It’s also one of the healthiest and safest city in the world. It’s approach to drugs is controversial in the West. Recently, Billionaire Richard Branson urged Singapore to avoid executing drug dealers : The Government of Singapore replied this : > Our policies on drugs and the death penalty derive from our own experience. We are satisfied – as are the overwhelming majority of Singaporeans – that they work for us. >Nothing we have seen in the UK or in the West persuades us that adopting a permissive attitude towards drugs and a tolerant position on drug trafficking will increase human happiness. Where drug addiction is concerned, things have steadily worsened in the UK, while things have steadily improved in Singapore. https://www.mha.gov.sg/mediaroom/media-detail/ministry-of-home-affairs-response-to-sir-richard-branson-blog-post-on-10-october-2022/ [https://www.mha.gov.sg/mediaroom/media-detail/ministry-of-home-affairs-response-to-sir-richard-branson-blog-post-on-10-october-2022/] What do you guys think ?