Because Singapore has declared 'War' on drugs. Get caught, you get 24 hours to notify your family where to pick up your corpse. Then they follow through. That's what a 'war' on drugs should be.
The USA doesn't have the stomach for a 'war' so we mess around, spend gazillions of dollars on programs that do not work and drive the profit incentive for drug production and distribution throught he roof. Then stare at each other, scratch our backsides and we wonder why the war on drugs isn't working.
They have drug rehab in Sing for users, the gallows is for
dealers. Sing is also one of the highest rated (if not the highest) in terms of the honesty of its administration.
Unlike Mexico you cannot buy your way into the drug mnarkets or out of prison.
Part of the legacy of the Senior Minister..