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Singapore does exactly that, and they explicitly warn outbound Singaporean travelers that any drug use outside Singapore will be prosecuted as if it has happened in Singapore.


If it's just the outbound Singaporeans, that would be different because they'd at least have the citizenship to claim jurisdiction on.


They're warning everybody, not just Singaporeans. It's just that Singaporeans are the most likely to go travel abroad, have some fun, and then come back like nothing has happened. But if somebody inbound gets caught in a random drug test at the airport (they do that), he's going to be prosecuted just the same no matter their citizenship. There were several (in-)famous examples of this happening.


A positive drug test at the border is quite different from being prosecuted for taking drugs in another country.




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