Southeast Asia: Singapore Gives Treatment Option to Marijuana, Cocaine Users
Beginning August 1, marijuana and cocaine users caught in Singapore will face mandatory treatment at Drug Rehabilitation Centers, the Central Narcotics Bureau announced Wednesday. That means cocaine snorters and pot smokers will be given the same shot at "rehabilitation" as other drug users in the Southeast Asian city-state. Previously, marijuana and cocaine users were not eligible for treatment and faced stiff prison sentences.
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People who undergo "rehabilitation" and suffer relapses face a mandatory minimum seven-year prison sentence, as well as between six and 12 strokes of the cane.
Singapore has some of the world's toughest drug trafficking laws, and its Misuse of Drugs Act includes the death penalty for some drug offenses, including the trafficking of more than 660 grams (slightly more than one pound) of marijuana. Now, it will also have some of the world's harshest marijuana law enforcement directed at users.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 6:55amStop spewing rubbish. The common people in Singapore need to arm themselves against morons like you. Vicious and oppressive government.. lol... rolled off my chair when I saw this
Marijuana is one of the most
Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 3:26amMarijuana is one of the most medicinal plants known to man. Cannabinoids (THC, CBN, etc) have been shown to kill cancer, among many other things.
The war on marijuana is completely ignorant. Millions of lives could be saved.
Lol. Get yourself an
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 3:44amLol. Get yourself an education Harry Fisher, and then talk. Goddamned white folks think they know everything..
their still killing people
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 9:02amtheir still killing people legalise weed today and it will be all over with!
ehh...no
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 8:29pmThe point isn't weather treatment works, the point is that what one puts into their body, their holly vessel, isn't the gov's busyness.
Fascist animals
Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/28/2007 - 1:39pmThe Singaporeans are fascist torturers, something that is typical of the ant-like mentality of many Asian countries. They beat or kill anybody not toeing their line. The common people in Singapore need to arm themselves against their vicious and oppressive government of sadists.
Harry Fisher