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You can argue that heroin kills more people in one year than the government ever did.


Well, then there's the issue that Singapore's approach doesn't actually stop drug abuse in Singapore.


Care to provide any source for your claim?

Here's mine: http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/drug-use/b...

Singapore has 0.18 drug related deaths per 100k population. With a population of ~5.6 million people this means 10 deaths per year for whole country. In comparison Portugal has 3x higher drug related death rate.

Regarding executions you can check wikipedia: > However, since the 2010s, execution has become far less common, with some years having no executions at all.


Wow, this chart is awesome!

It displays that, the worse life is climate-wise, the more drug abuse there is.

Especially pronounced in Europe. As you go more inland and more to the north, drug deaths increase.

Is it a coincidence? Don't think so.

This way, Singapore was never in any danger, it's warm and coastal. And not in sub-Sakhara. Neither was Portugal, come to think of it! Thus it's a stretch to promote their solutions worldwide.


> It displays that, the worse life is climate-wide, the more drug abuse there is.

How did you get that from that chart? It clearly shows South Africa and Australia as having high drug-related deaths and they are as south as you can get.

A more accurate observation would be that developed countries with a heavy emphasis on individualism and a lack of communal culture experience the highest drug-related deaths.


Australia does have pretty peculiar climate, doesn't it?


Clean water tests would be a better example for your point. Or something to that degree. Less death rate could just mean other preferred drugs or even just cleaner ones.


One involves allowing the personal freedom to kill yourself. The other makes the decision for you.




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