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24-04-2023, 10:31 PM
Case in question: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south...23481.html
Summary of writing (tl;dr):
The majority of Singaporeans (73.7%) agree that the death penalty should be used for the most serious crimes - I argue that he harms of cannabis abuse is not severe enough to both the abuser and society such that cannabis trafficking does fall under “the most serious crimes”
Only 7 out of 195 countries have the mandatory death penalty for cannabis trafficking
Drug (cannabis being an example) classifications across the world are based on unreliable and scientifically dubious schedules. In Jan 19, WHO recommended the UN to update the scope of cannabis based on the increased use of cannabis and its components for medical purposes, the emergence of new cannabis-related pharmaceutical preparations for therapeutic use, and that cannabis had never been subject to a formal pre-review or critical review by the ECDD.
On Dec 20, the UN The UN commission voted 27 - 25 to remove cannabis (although it still considers it harmful and remains in Schedule I) from its list of Schedule IV drugs.
Experts support this view. 3 different studies conducted have all consistently ranked the harms of cannabis significantly lower than alcohol, and very close to tobacco.
I then explore the harms of cannabis based on CNB’s information booklet, and argue that the extent of harms are not severe enough to both the abuser and society such that cannabis trafficking falls under “the most serious crimes”
Full document at https://www.bannedsite.com/forum/current...-wednesday
Summary of writing (tl;dr):
The majority of Singaporeans (73.7%) agree that the death penalty should be used for the most serious crimes - I argue that he harms of cannabis abuse is not severe enough to both the abuser and society such that cannabis trafficking does fall under “the most serious crimes”
Only 7 out of 195 countries have the mandatory death penalty for cannabis trafficking
Drug (cannabis being an example) classifications across the world are based on unreliable and scientifically dubious schedules. In Jan 19, WHO recommended the UN to update the scope of cannabis based on the increased use of cannabis and its components for medical purposes, the emergence of new cannabis-related pharmaceutical preparations for therapeutic use, and that cannabis had never been subject to a formal pre-review or critical review by the ECDD.
On Dec 20, the UN The UN commission voted 27 - 25 to remove cannabis (although it still considers it harmful and remains in Schedule I) from its list of Schedule IV drugs.
Experts support this view. 3 different studies conducted have all consistently ranked the harms of cannabis significantly lower than alcohol, and very close to tobacco.
I then explore the harms of cannabis based on CNB’s information booklet, and argue that the extent of harms are not severe enough to both the abuser and society such that cannabis trafficking falls under “the most serious crimes”
Full document at https://www.bannedsite.com/forum/current...-wednesday
