Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

Last answered 3 hours ago

Yes

17 votes

5%

No

339 votes

95%

Distribution of answers submitted by Greens.

3%

Yes

87%

No

1%

Yes, as long as they are given a fair trial

7%

No, I do not believe in the death penalty

1%

Yes, but only if there is proof someone died from the drugs they trafficked

2%

No, sentence them to life in prison without parole instead

3 Yes answers

3 No answers

0 overlapping answers

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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).  See recent Drug Trafficking Penalties news