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Singapore’s vaping crisis lays bare the drug addiction nightmare for parents

Helplessness grips families watching loved ones slip away before their eyes.

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Social media and private messaging apps are driving demand and luring young minds.

Social media and private messaging apps are driving demand and luring young minds.

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There has been an outpouring of emotions in recent days. But also in a strange way, a palpable relief that the silence has finally been broken.

Parents, having watched their children held captive by drug-laced vapes for weeks, months or even years, are speaking louder.

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