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Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

Since 1999, the executions of drug smugglers have become more common in Indonesia, Iran, China and Pakistan. In March 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed executing drug traffickers to fight his country’s opioid epidemic. 32 countries impose the death penalty for drug smuggling. Seven of these countries (China, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore) routinely execute drug offenders. Asia and the Middle East’s tough approach contrasts with many Western countries who have legalized cannabis in recent years (selling cannabis in Saudi Arabia is punished by beheading).

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16%
Yes
84%
No
10%
Yes
75%
No
3%
Yes, but only if there is proof someone died from the drugs they trafficked
5%
No, sentence them to life in prison without parole instead
1%
Yes, but only if they are repeated offenders
4%
No, I do not believe in the death penalty
1%
Yes, as long as they are given a fair trial

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 @9FM9QN9from British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

No, life imprisonment would be better than killing them instantly.

 @9FLZ4Q8from Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

no they should be awarded money

 @9FFQH2Vfrom British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

Yes if it's related to murdering and killing

 @9F97JY4from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

The ones caught trafficking drugs across borders and state lines are usually mules who have been enticed by threat or payment and have difficult circumstances. The likelihood that the decisions they made were made under duress are very high.

 @9F5KMPVfrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

No, they should receive addictions counselling and rehab. Killing someone for drug dealing is not okay.

 @9DTTBXPfrom British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

Only for the highest level of drug traffickers and cartels

 @9DDB3M2from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

No, people ask for drugs. I dont believe in the death penalty. Nor do I support it.

 @9D8CP57from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, if it is a fair trial and they are a repeat offender or if they can be directly linked to a death.

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 @MercifulFr33m4rket from Florida submitted…10mos10MO

Mexican Drug Cartels Expand Under "Hugs, Not Bullets" Policy

Gangs affiliated with Mexico’s two largest drug cartels—battling to the death over market share—have grown in number and influence since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018. He eased up under a policy he called “hugs, not bullets.” Arrests by Mexico’s national guard, created under López Obrador to replace federal police, fell to 2,800 in 2022 from 21,700 in 2018, according to the national statistics agency.More than 200 criminal gangs are engaged in turf wars compared with 76 in 2010, according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank that studies violent conflicts worldwide. Most of the disputes involve the Sinaloa or Jalisco cartels, among the world’s largest criminal organizations and the top traffickers of fentanyl—the low-cost, high-margin synthetic opioid that kills tens of thousands of Americans a year.Criminal gangs behind the U.S. drug epidemic are seeing accelerated growth, commanding greater control over more territory in Mexico, where they are largely free to murder rivals, neuter police, seize property and strong-arm municipalities into giving them public contracts.In December, farmers from a village in the state of Mexico attacked local cartel members with machetes and sickles, revolting against demands they each pay as much as $600 to work their own land, authorities said. The fight killed 10 gang members and four farmers.

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