HOME TEAM JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE JANUARY 2020 BY PRACTITIONERS, FOR PRACTITIONERS SPECIAL ISSUE: SPOTLIGHT ON DRUGS SOCIETAL IMPACT OF CANNABIS IMPACT OF DETERRENCE ON DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SINGAPORE’S ANTI-DRUG POLICIES SINGAPORE’S ANTI-DRUG STRATEGY: A SUM OF EXPERIENCE, EVIDENCE AND ENVIRONMENT HOME PUBLISHER Home Team Academy ADVISOR Puah Kok Keong Deputy Secretary (Policy), TEAM Ministry of Home Affairs JOURNAL PROJECT Lal Nelson DIRECTORS Chia Yee Fei The Home Team Journal is a publication by the GUEST EDITOR Stella R. Quah Home Team Academy in collaboration with the Ministry of Home EDITORIAL Lim Jing Jing Affairs of Singapore and MANAGEMENT Saif Haq its departments, which are collectively known as the Home Team. It is a journal by practitioners and researchers for practitioners and specialists in safety and security. All correspondence should be addressed to the Home Team Journal Editorial Board Home Team Academy 501 Old Choa Chu Kang Road, Singapore 698928 Email:
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[email protected]. CONTENTS HOME TEAM JOURNAL • SPECIAL ISSUE • JANUARY 2020 FOREWORD 02 by Josephine Teo Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs INTRODUCTION 03 by Guest Editor Stella R. Quah Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore SPOTLIGHT ON DRUGS 04 From Harm Reduction to Harm Prevention: A Cross-national Comparison of Eleven Countries Stella