Drug Policy

Populism and Public Opinon

Delving into governance styles regarding drug policy and related regimes in the region, and social and public views on the death penalty. Populists are charismatic leaders who seek to mobilise the masses to gain and retain power. They construct to mobilise the masses to gain and retain power. They construct political spaces in terms of…

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Are you on drugs or something?

Drugs aren’t just something we can die from, it’s something that most — if not all — of us can’t live without. Why do we take drugs? What determines if a drug is legal or illegal? Why are some kinds of drug use so normalised, while others are intensely stigmatised? Is using drugs, or even…

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Sara’s Story

Sara (not her real name) was detained without trial in Singapore’s Drug Rehabilition Centre (DRC). Here, talks to TJC about her experiences in DRC.

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Halt the executions of Aziz and Saridewi

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 July 2023 This week Singapore intends to execute Mohd Aziz bin Hussain, a 56-year-old Singaporean Malay man convicted of trafficking approximately 50g of diamorphine (heroin) and Saridewi binte Djamani, a 45-year-old Singaporean woman convicted of trafficking approximately 30g of diamorphine (heroin). It has been almost twenty years since Singapore last executed…

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Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act

Singapore’s Parliament has passed amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Constitution to allow for enhanced penalties against certain drug offences, as well as to grant the Central Narcotics Bureau the power to send users of psychoactive substances to state-run Drug Rehabilitation Centres. TJC highlights the problems with Singapore’s ongoing ‘War on Drugs’…

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