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The Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that enables authorities to prosecute offenders for crimes involving illegal drugs.The law is designed specifically to grant the Government of Singapore, through its agencies such as the Central Narcotics Bureau, enforcement powers to combat offences such as the trafficking, importation or exportation, possession, and ...
Permissible content on Singaporean TV is regulated by IMDA's Free-to-Air Television Programme Code. [19] As of July 2011, Singapore relaxed television broadcast guidelines allowing Pay TV operators to screen NC16, M18 and R21 films containing graphic content and mature/controversial themes on Pay TV Video-on-Demand (VOD) services. [20]
A majority of Singaporeans are widely aware that authorities track telephone conversations and the use of the internet of civilians, and indirect routine checks are done on some government critics. [40] The Singapore Info-communications Media Development Authority was listed as a customer of spyware maker Hacking Team in a data leak. The group ...
People with substance use disorders may have co-occurring mental health disorders, substance-induced mental disorders, both, or not have mental health disorders. Substance-use disorders are not thought of as mental health disorders, but can induce acute symptoms such as mood alterations or psychosis, depending on the drug and whether a person ...
Singaporean participants' perception of social inclusion was highly nation-centric, showing lack of concern to foreign workers in Singapore. [57] A SCOPE-P was developed and applied in Poland by surveying among mental health services users in Poland. The Polish sample were generally satisfied with their level of social inclusion, in particular ...
Female users were more likely than men to be using heroin, whereas male users were more likely to report amphetamine use. Benzodiazepine users were more likely than non-users to claim government financial benefits and benzodiazepine users who were also poly-drug users were the most likely to be claiming government financial benefits.
RADION International is a Singapore-registered Christian humanitarian relief and development non-government organisation (NGO). RADION's core work primarily focuses on both short term aid, and long-term assistance to underprivileged and marginalized communities in Asia.
Responsible drug use seeks to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks associated with psychoactive drug use. For illegal psychoactive drugs that are not diverted prescription controlled substances, some critics [1] [2] believe that illegal recreational drug use is inherently irresponsible, due to the unpredictable and unmonitored strength and purity of the drugs and the risks of addiction ...