[ashwagary]

>As another poster pointed out, it’s extremely suspicious that the penalized under drug policies seems to have a racial used tinge to it.

I haven't seen a blatant double standard in Singapore, smugglers from every part of the world get similar treatment.

>Did America’s strict drug laws create a better society than countries that tried more empathetic approaches with legalization

US drug laws had a racial targeting component that most other countries do not. An attempt at a direct comparison probably wouldnt work since incarcerating specific outgroups was a goal of US law.