[ty6853]

Singapore has execution instead, since the people bringing in the drugs are usually foreigners and the consumers are foreign as well with no local reputation to uphold. Not condoning it, but it seems effective.

[HKH2]

Drug runners know the risks. They get danger money.

[ty6853]

Still, fear of death must have some persuasion. Money is of no use in the afterlife.

[coldtea]

It's about reducing their numbers and the number of users. Which seems to work.