Who are you addressing? The guys who are presently in a Mexican jail? The ones who have nice big homes here and nice new cars?

I noted people that I had met and talked with years ago on Ambergris, had changed so much when I returned. I inquired of others, WHAT is going on with them, they are not the people I knew before. COCAINE was the reply.

I knew the US was to blame. I just knew it...

Your comment is very helpful, as usual.

Sort of like this?

Exactly! A true statement...

I think we should just adopt Singapore's policy. Wouldn't bother me in the least. Truthfully. In the US and Belize.

Izzat better? Other suggestions?

Interesting debate, but what still frosts me is that one of the perps has been caught in robberys and petty theft on the island in the past, with little or no consequence. On to bigger and better things it seems.

What does Singapore have that the US doesn't?
Punishments prescribed under the Singapore Penal Code are: death; imprisonment; forfeiture of property; fine; and caning. Apart from these penalties, habitual offenders may be sentenced to corrective and reformative training, preventive detention.

I haven't seen anything to suggest they are meeting with results any better than US and there has been a striking increase in prison population, which could mean that judges in
Singapore have preferred to use imprisonment more frequently or could just mean that they are handing out longer sentences. Either way - no notable decrease in crime.

L&T - once again, right on the money. Without prevention and early intervention "little crimes" almost inevitably become "big crimes."

Oh - duh - guess what Singapore has that US doesn't is caning - still no appreciable benefits I'm aware of.