It is the illegality of drugs that creates the crime. This was well proven by alcohol and prohibition and one large reason that prohibition was repealed.jalanjalan wrote: ↑Fri, 05 May 2023 10:32 amIt would be exaggeration if I was basing it off hearsay. I have seen how my hometown has changed, and had to comfort my elderly parents when their home was broken into by thieves looking for things to steal to buy drugs. I fear for them, and this is nothing like the neighbourhood I grew up in. I was in utter shock when saw what drug addiction is doing to my former home, and it's heartbreaking.Myasis Dragon wrote: ↑Thu, 04 May 2023 9:07 pm
You're doing a great job of exaggeration with "streets and streets of addicts lying in their own waste." And your callous disregard for human life is disturbing.
Good for you if it hasn't touched your family. I hope it never does. I support Singapore's tough drug laws 100%.
As for your other comments, read through the rest of this thread if you wish, as I have addressed them already, as have others.
Addicts who can get the drugs they need without resorting to street dealers don't commit crimes for their drugs. Government distribution of drugs to addicts destroys illicit demand and the criminal organizations behind it.
Again, drugs and drug addiction are a socio-economic problem, not a criminal problem, and when we finally start treating it that way, there will be real change.
PS: Drugs are readily available in Singapore.