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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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Yes, but only if there is proof someone died from the drugs they trafficked
7%
No, I do not believe in the death penalty
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Yes, as long as they are given a fair trial
4%
No, sentence them to life in prison without parole instead
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Yes, but only if they are repeated offenders

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 @B3ZLM7Kfrom British Columbia  answered…1wk1W

To me this depends on that transparency of the dealer with their customers. For instance : a drug dealer who sells cocaine, and doesn’t Cut it with anything, doesn’t deserve the same sentence as a drug dealer who sells cocaine but sneakily cuts it with substances like fentanyl. These are two very different crimes and should be treated as such.

 @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…2yrs2Y

Yes if it's related to murdering and killing

 @9F97JY4from Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

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…2yrs2Y

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

 @9DTTBXPfrom British Columbia  answered…2yrs2Y

Only for the highest level of drug traffickers and cartels

 @9DDB3M2from Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

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

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 @MercifulFr33m4rket from Florida submitted…1yr1Y

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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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

Ukraine Unveils Secret Arsenal to Force Russia's Hand

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy unveiled his much anticipated "Victory Plan" at Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday, urging his war-weary country to stay united at a precarious time ahead of its key U.S. ally's Nov. 5 presidential election.As Russian troops advance in the east and a bleak winter of power shortages looms, he told lawmakers his plan contained five main points that relied on Kyiv's allies, including an unconditional invite to join NATO and specific weapons support."Together with our partners, we must change the circumstances so that the war ends. Regardless of what Putin wants. We must all change the circumstances so that Russia is forced to peace," he told lawmakers and top officials.His third point emphasised the need for Ukraine to acquire a non-nuclear deterrence capacity that he said would be enough to destroy Russian military power. He did not elaborate, but said there was an additional secret addendum that he could not disclose.The plan, he said, also envisaged a Western role defending Ukraine's natural mineral resources from Russian attacks as well as post-war reconstruction pledges.The speech was attended by his top military, intelligence and political brass as well as lawmakers, some of whom occasionally stood up to applaud.Ukraine faces both difficulties and uncertainty ahead of the U.S. election that could return Donald Trump to the White House.The Republican former president has pledged to rapidly end the war before entering office if he wins, an idea that Kyiv's supporters fear would involve big concessions in the name of a quick deal.Zelenskiy met U.S. President Joe Biden, his key ally, in Washington at the end of the September to present the plan. In a subsequent whirlwind tour of Europe, he met the leaders of Britain, France, Italy and Germany to discuss it.Zelenskiy said he would travel to summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Thursday to present his plan.

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