Why Singapore needs more safe ways out for vape-addicted youth

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One early case of self-reporting led to counselling rather than prosecution,

 signalling a new model that prioritises rehabilitation over retribution.

Adolescents who vape, especially with drugs, are more likely to have untreated mental health conditions. They are also more likely to live in poverty or have a parent who was incarcerated, abusive, or struggling with substance abuse or mental health issues. Youth from such high-adversity backgrounds are also more likely to suffer in silence due to fear of punishment, stigma or strained family relationships.

For Qn 1 below, to compare, say that there's a need for education to focus on the physical/emotional health of students also, coz any compromise on this will detract from the focus on academic studies....so if u want to focus on academic subjects, it entails a focus on physical/emotional health students -- without the latter, the former cannot be achieved....

Qns:

1. ‘Education today should involve more than the study of academic subjects.’ How far do you agree? (Cam. 2024)

2. ‘Rehabilitation, not punishment, should be the purpose of the justice system.’ Discuss. (Cam. 2017)

3. ‘Adversity brings out the best in people.’ Do you agree with this observation? (ACJC 2020)