Ministerial statement: K Shanmugam on Singapore’s national drug control policy

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Singapore is “fighting a war” – against those who profit from the drug trade at the expense of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives, said Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.

In a ministerial statement in Parliament on Wednesday , Mr Shanmugam highlighted the global and regional drug situation, the threat from the drug trade and Singapore’s approach to that threat, attempts to spread misinformation and undermine aspects of Singapore’s drug policies, as well as Singapore’s plans to further strengthen its drug control policies.

In a ministerial statement in Parliament on Wednesday , Mr Shanmugam highlighted the global and regional drug situation, the threat from the drug trade and Singapore’s approach to that threat, attempts to spread misinformation and undermine aspects of Singapore’s drug policies, as well as Singapore’s plans to further strengthen its drug control policies.

 

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