Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said on Wednesday that the war against drugs in Singapore is becoming more difficult as nations in the area relax their drug policies.
Fortunately, popular support for the Republic's zero-tolerance policy is still strong, and the government will maintain emphasizing the serious repercussions for societies that fail to keep drugs under control.
According to him, "It really is incumbent upon us to portray the alternatives in very vivid terms and persuade, especially to young people, that we have to make the correct decisions."
In nations like Canada, Uruguay, and a few states in the United States, marijuana has been legalized.
It was recently announced that Indonesian lawmakers would begin debating a proposal to legalize marijuana for therapeutic purposes. Thailand removed cannabis from its drugs list in June as well, but public consumption of marijuana is still prohibited.
According to Mr. Shanmugam, many nations in the area have difficulty enforcing their laws because too many individuals are involved in drugs, but this is not the situation in Singapore.
Despite the fact that the Republic's correctional system has been redesigned to assist drug addicts quit instead of treating them as criminals, he continued, the country's laws against drug producers and traffickers remain extremely tough.
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