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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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17%
Yes
83%
No
13%
Yes
73%
No
2%
Yes, but only if they are repeated offenders
6%
No, sentence them to life in prison without parole instead
1%
Yes, but only if there is proof someone died from the drugs they trafficked
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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 @9RZRTM6answered…3mos3MO

I don't think it should receive the "Death Penalty" Like it is stated but I think you should get life in jail.

 @9GK4YPNanswered…1yr1Y

Sentence them to life without parole if there is proof that someone died from the drugs they trafficked or if they are repeated offenders.

 @9M8CT84answered…7mos7MO

No, they should not put the death penalty on drug traffickers unless there is evidence that he or she killed the person based on the type of drugs and weight as well.

 @9HVRQKQanswered…11mos11MO

Depends on numerous factors (quantity, repeated offences, number of deaths, types of drugs). Only at rare occasions should they be punished by death.

 @9B4CDZ8answered…2yrs2Y

Sever consequences but I don’t believe in death penalty

 @96PNXVYanswered…2yrs2Y

depends on how bad the drug is and how much they trafficked

 @95CLZH8answered…2yrs2Y

Only is there is undeniable evidence and has caused multiple deaths

 @93FZWLManswered…2yrs2Y

legalise 1st-degree non-prescription drugs

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 @MercifulFr33m4rket from Florida submitted…9mos9MO

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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