I'm totally amazed by the discussions.
From "is death sentence neccessary" to " which drug is not as
harmless then the others". So what if the drug Cannabis is less
harmful? Does it make the death sentence less unneccessary. There's
a reason as to why a law is made. And why other countries as well
prohibits drugs. Its just that singapore takes a much more tougher
and intolerable stand as regards to this issue.
I agree, 20 yrs old is a little too young to be hanged. But if
you are trying to debate in the direction as to whether drugs (or
specific drug) are less harmful, or may not be as harmful as
alcohol etc, then there's no point arguing anymore. I repeat, there
is a reason as to why people classified drugs as dangerous, so as
to all your reasons trying to say its not, its totally redundant
and useless.
So what if Marijuana is not addictive? A 2007 study by the
Canadian government found cannabis smoke contained more toxic
substances than tobacco smoke. and other bad effects as well. Take
a look at wikipedia. Anyway, i'm not here trying to debate whether
marhuana itself is bad or what. I agree with you that human rights
is important. But i do not feel that our singapore government is in
any way trying to interfere in human rights? At least I'm a
singaporean, i don't feel that. If you want total human rights,
then we might as well abolish all laws in all countries, because we
got the freedom to do what we want right? Then police will be
redundant isn't it? Cause, when people kill, its their choice!
That should be a boundary and an extent to everything. Yes, i
agree s'pore stance is tougher, but if singapore wants to made it a
death penalty, then you jolly well have to abide with it. If you
are in s;pore, you have to abide with our rules. Just like when you
are in school, you have to abide with school rules. I should say,
singapore has done a good job in deterring drug activities in
singapore.
The reason the law is in place is because of the United State's
initial stance against marijuana which was founded on racism and
corporate monopoly as hemp was an extremely effective source of
alternate renewable energy and the big businesses didn't like that.
Read this for more info:
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html
And in 1995, after thirty years of scientific research, British
medical journal Lancet concluded that "the smoking of cannabis,
even long term, is not harmful to health."
Source: “Deglamorising
Cannabis.” Editorial. The Lancet356:11(1995):
1241.