By Benjie Cooper
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As cannabis legalization has commenced in places like California and Canada during the 2018 year, there has also been a series of warnings issued from South Korea, Japan, and China urging and even mandating that citizens abstain from marijuana while visitng legal locations.
While South Korea and Japan have stated that citizens who consume cannabis when they are outside the country are still breaking the law and may be subject to penalties when they come back, China has only cautioned citizens against its use and warned them of health risks.
On Friday, October 26, Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) released an advisory, reminding citizens that if they could face disciplinary action if a CNB checkpoint screening reveals that they used cannabis while traveling abroad.
The announcement comes at a time when neighboring countries Thailand and Malaysia are considering legalizing cannabis for medicinal use.
The CNB noted that a literature review by the Institute of Mental Health states that cannabis is an addictive and harmful drug and that Singapore’s firm stance on drug trafficking has squelched drug abuse in the country, with arrested users comprising less than 0.1 percent of the population.
Singapore is one of the countries that impose the death penalty for drug trafficking.
