What if Us Department implant Singapore anti drug law?

38 comments

1. I think that would be bad OP

2. It would get immediately repealed, and nobody would be willing to enforce those laws anyway because all the police would be far too busy dealing with the massive protests against those laws.

3. They won’t, as there is no public will to do so (and would be found unconstitutional)

4. That would be horrible and cruel for everyone. The so called “war on drugs” throughout the whole world is a fucking joke. If anything, drugs should be decriminalized.

5. Sounds kinda despotic

6. Our “War on Drugs” has already been an enormous failure; let’s not make it worse through even more violence.

7. >Any illegal smuggling drug will sentenced to hanging in Singapore law.

   That’s insane.

8. It would be struck down by the courts for being unconstitutional.

9. Sounds like time to load up the muskets.

10. Cue one of my favorite West Wing scenes.

    Leo McGarry : And do you think ratcheting up the body count is going to act as a deterrent?

    President Josiah Bartlet : You’re damn right I do.

    Leo McGarry : Oh, well then you’re just as stupid as these guys who think that capital punishment is going to be a deterrent for drug kingpins. As if drug kingpins didn’t live their day-to-day lives under the possibility of execution. And their executions are a lot less dainty than ours, and tend to take place without the bother and expense of due process.

11. The war on drugs is failure

    Time to admit defeat

12. That would very swiftly be overturned as unconstitutional.

13. If you want something to unite both sides of the political spectrum this law would do it – no one wants to see their child hanged for drugs or drug abuse

14. A few decades ago, a “war on drugs” was declared. It was not nearly as harsh as Singapore’s anti drug laws. It wasted a lot of time and money, the prison population soared, but the affect on drugs was neutral, if not worsening them. If we can’t even half ass the laws, fully implementing draconian measures are sure as shit not going to work either. And it’s just going to leave bodies.

    Honestly, legalization may be more the way to go.

15. That’s gonna be a no from me dawg.

16. Singapore is a far right shithole that we should copy absolutely nothing from

17. No one is mentioning the fact that most Americans own guns, specifically for stuff like that.

18. What kind of drugs do you get the death penalty for? pain medication? Strong things like opiods or weak, harmless stuff like marijuna?

19. I would be upset.

20. Any cooperation with Mexico would end since they would never extradite even their worst cartel bosses if they could be executed

21. If we were to decriminalize possession but ratchet up the penalty of transporting and dealing, that might be an acceptable compromise. No more 10 years for a tiny amount, but *nobody* wants to get caught dealing.

22. It can’t happen. The law would have to be presented in public in Congress, both the House and the Senate, and its blatant unconstitutionality would prevent it from being accepted as law.

23. You know that cannabis and certain hallucinogens are not only decriminalized but sold retail in some states, yes?

    We may be conservative about some things, but we’re starting to accept that drugs won the drug war. Singapore’s policies are inhumane and shouldn’t exist in modern society.

24. Marijuana is legal where I live, so that would be a huge step backwards. Singapore’s drug laws are archaic.

25. When I was a kid, a kid from my hometown in Ohio went to Singapore. He got in trouble for vandalism, and they ended up beating him with a cain. I remember because it was a major news story. I don’t see Singapore style corrections working very well in the U.S.

26. That sounds horrific and I am extremely against it.

27. Then a lot of politicians would lose their jobs, there would be some more “hard luck” stories in the news, but not much else would change.

28. I’m entirely against the death penalty, so using it for non-violent offenses like drug use/dealing would be a complete non-starter.

29. We have laws against cruel and unusual punishments. Most of which the Singaporan punishments seem to be. I’m not gonna say we have the best track record ourselves, but we’re absolutely not doing it the Singaporean way.

30. It would be overturned as being against the 8th amendment.

31. It wouldn’t.

32. Well, it would violate the US constitution, laws, and a vast quantity of legal precedent.

    So, the question is unanswerable, the entire structure of the country would have to be drastically different and if we somehow were at that point it would imply that we’re very different in our views and beliefs than we currently are.

    If we somehow ignore all that and just magic away all the problems and make it the law of the land tomorrow that you’re trying to impose on the people are they are today – massive protests, riots, and defiance of the law on a scale that would probably take down whatever government was trying to implement it.

33. A Singapore law like that won’t pass in the US. We are more liberal than Singapore with regards to drugs. But, if you’d like to send your healthcare system, which I used for 10 years as a Singaporean PR, please send it our way and, if you can throw in your SMRT system, please do.

34. That would never fly here. I believe the death penalty should be an option for only the most heinous of crimes like serial murders, child r*pe, etc

35. California would fight the fuck outta that. If there’s one thing we don’t give a single shit about, it’s federal drug laws

36. Fuck that

37. Why would we ever implement such a moronic policy?

38. I guess it would solve the Homeless Problem