I’m not condoning the death penalty, far from it; but I’m inclined to think actual enforcement (instead of catch and release that we have now), with support programs to get people off the stuff, will steer the needle towards better direction, as opposed to decriminalizing it and let people who needs help continue to abuse illicit drugs the way they want, where they want, when they want.
We tried that. It didn’t work. Other countries tried that. It also didn’t work.
Your desire for things to be black and white doesn’t make your idea functionally in reality.
Countries like Singapore where there’s death penalty for drug possession/trafficking — whether we agree with it or not is secondary here, just highlighting purely from a whether or not it is working point of view — seems to be working.
I’m not condoning the death penalty, far from it; but I’m inclined to think actual enforcement (instead of catch and release that we have now), with support programs to get people off the stuff, will steer the needle towards better direction, as opposed to decriminalizing it and let people who needs help continue to abuse illicit drugs the way they want, where they want, when they want.
brings up singapore as a positive example but then talks about wanting a rehabilitative system instead…
I an talking about a total change of culture from how Canadians are now see how Canadian born people are callous and pretentious or contrived.
Some of us aren’t. Mostly the government has done quite well in stamping out regional Canadian culture into inoffensive Tim Horton sadness