Some countries organise gun amnesties during specific times - a chance to turn in firearms and avoid punishment for having them. Singapore instead runs the vejp amnesty, which works in much the same way - but with e-cigarettes instead.
Singapore has, as Vejpkollen written about continuously, some of the world's strictest rules against vejpning. Importing, selling, possessing - everything is prohibited under the country's strict laws.
But alongside all the sticks, they're also trying out some carrots. The country's health authority, HSA, in collaboration with the People's Association, has launched the "Bin the Vape" initiative, placing special drop-off boxes in selected locations. Among others, Singapore's six autonomous universities will have such stations until the end of August.
Anyone who washes their highly illegal vejp during that period will not be fined or reported - the authority promises confidentiality and no consequences.
The boxes are coloured red, locked and monitored by cameras - but only to prevent theft, according to the authorities. No one is looking to identify the holders - even though they are involved in serious crime like vejp.
K-pods with anaesthetic
It is of course easy to make fun of this from a Swedish perspective - but on a more serious note, there are large quantities of so-called "K-pods" in Singapore. In these, the anaesthetic Etomidate, originally a drug used for general anaesthesia, is mixed with vejpjuice.
In one test, one third of over a hundred weapons seized were found to contain Etomidate.
The country's Health Minister Ong Ye Kung told Singapore Law Watch that the substance will soon be classified as a Class C drug - meaning mandatory rehabilitation, imprisonment and even the risk of whipping for serious offences. Inhaling Etomidate can lead to permanent internal damage, hallucinations and, according to Singapore Law Watch, there have been cases of young people being unknowingly affected by what they choose to call "zombie effects".
On the other hand, even completely drug-free vejp fine up to 2 000 Singapore dollars, which is close to SEK 15 000.
Weatherproof and spotless
For ordinary, completely zombie-free Singaporeans who like vejp, or tourists for that matter, three options now seem to be available. Either you continue to live like a puffing outlaw and hope for the best - or you take your oversized punishment if you get caught - or you find a red bin, make amends for your sinful living, and walk away both vejp and spotless.
