Straits Times Reflection Term 3Week 52E/NA
In Section page 3A Deadly Business
1a) What are the 2 worrying trends about drug trafficking mentioned in the article?
b) Why are Singaporeans increasingly being used as "drug mules"?
2) What will you do if you find out that one of your friends is selling drugs? How will you react if someone tries to sell you drugs?
Answers:
1a) Teens as young as 14 have been caught for trafficking drugs, the other worrying trend is that drug traffickers aged 16 and above shall be dealt with by caning or jailed, or both. They should also be sent to rehabilitation centres or meet up with councillors to be counselled. An increasing number locals are being caught outside the country have also been another form of worry.
Q1b) Singapore is known for being a tough country against drugs or being tough on drug traffickers, therefore, most drug traffickers choose to use Singaporeans as traffickers or baits as they are less likely of being caught, compared to foreign drug traffickers who are more are more likely being caught.
Q2) I will try to convince him to stop whatever his is doing, if he does not listens, then I will have him reported to either the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) or to the police. My reaction depends, if he was in school offering the drug, I will react shocked or surprised. If he would to offer me outside, I will feel dissapointed to having such a friend in which he offer something that harms and destroys one's future...
In Section page 3A Deadly Business
1a) What are the 2 worrying trends about drug trafficking mentioned in the article?
b) Why are Singaporeans increasingly being used as "drug mules"?
2) What will you do if you find out that one of your friends is selling drugs? How will you react if someone tries to sell you drugs?
Answers:
1a) Teens as young as 14 have been caught for trafficking drugs, the other worrying trend is that drug traffickers aged 16 and above shall be dealt with by caning or jailed, or both. They should also be sent to rehabilitation centres or meet up with councillors to be counselled. An increasing number locals are being caught outside the country have also been another form of worry.
Q1b) Singapore is known for being a tough country against drugs or being tough on drug traffickers, therefore, most drug traffickers choose to use Singaporeans as traffickers or baits as they are less likely of being caught, compared to foreign drug traffickers who are more are more likely being caught.
Q2) I will try to convince him to stop whatever his is doing, if he does not listens, then I will have him reported to either the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) or to the police. My reaction depends, if he was in school offering the drug, I will react shocked or surprised. If he would to offer me outside, I will feel dissapointed to having such a friend in which he offer something that harms and destroys one's future...
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