Trump Admin Considering Capital Punishment For Drug Traffickers

[Gunny]

The Trump Administration is reportedly considering a new policy, making drug traffickers eligible for the death penalty.
Reports Friday said, house officials were looking into capital punishment for high volume drug traffickers, especially in regards to trafficking painkillers like Fentanyl.
Currently, only drug offenders found guilty of murder are eligible for capital punishment.
White House officials say they are also looking into harsher punishments for lower priority drug crimes.
The administration is expected to decide on the issue in the coming weeks.

http://www.oann.com/trump-admin-cons...g-traffickers/

Not going to work anymore than any other piece of legislation designed to stop illegal drug use. Prohibition didn't work. Guess no one got the memo. There's a market, and those willing to take the risk providing the commodity. I wonder what the REAL percentage of drug traffikers getting caught is ....

Minus the moral argument(s), for someone with nothing and no opportunity, pretty lucrative job opportunity.

[mundame]

Trump is considering imitating Duterte of the Philippines.

I'm for all that, of course --- but probably no one else is. Kill out all the drug traffickers, and there won't BE anymore of them. That's what Duterte is doing, but people complain and criticize.......

[Elessar]

Geesh! Stop the trafficking and start to stifle the spread.

Not gonna be a simple answer but MY wish is to keep this shit away from kids,
but traffickers and dealers do not care for the law.

Someone wants to be as deadbeat coke-head....fine. Die an early death.
What black tar heroin? Fine, die an early death.

Nothing liberal or Conservative about mu opinion at ALL.
It, is illegal! So is MJ under federal law. I don't see so many defending that law.

[pete311]

Trump is considering imitating Duterte of the Philippines.

I'm for all that, of course --- but probably no one else is. Kill out all the drug traffickers, and there won't BE anymore of them. That's what Duterte is doing, but people complain and criticize.......

And is their drug problem solved? I'm at the edge of my seat!

I sold an ounce of weed back in college. I deserve to die?

[Balu]

My deepest assurance - ANY in the chain supplier, trafficker and dealer MUST be sentenced to Death. The same for terrorists, killing innocent people.
P.S.
I was so much impressed by the thread about next innocent victims in the USA - 'Yountville shooting'

[pete311]

My deepest assurance - ANY in the chain supplier, trafficker and dealer MUST be sentenced to Death. The same for terrorists, killing innocent people.
P.S.
I was so much impressed by the thread about next innocent victims in the USA - 'Yountville shooting'

Dream on. Captial punishment is controversial even for the most heinous of crimes. Killing drug dealers ain't gonna happen. Move on troll.

[Gunny]

And is their drug problem solved? I'm at the edge of my seat!

I sold an ounce of weed back in college. I deserve to die?

One ounce? You daredevil. Living on the edge, huh?

It WILL stop that drug dealer. It is not going to stop the sale or use of illegal drugs.

I don't get it myself. You can cruise right up to the package store and get a bottle (not on Sunday in TX). It's no mor or less addictive nor harlmful to your health than any other escape from reality. And it's legal.

Where there's a will, there's a way. Pot became popular during Prohibition. Wonder why?

[Elessar]

One ounce? You daredevil. Living on the edge, huh?

It WILL stop that drug dealer. It is not going to stop the sale or use of illegal drugs.

I don't get it myself. You can cruise right up to the package store and get a bottle (not on Sunday in TX). It's no mor or less addictive nor harlmful to your health than any other escape from reality. And it's legal.

Where there's a will, there's a way. Pot became popular during Prohibition. Wonder why?

The prohibition was first forced by the liquor and brewery industries.
That was because it cut into their profits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_..._United_States

This occurred after the prohibition Amendment was rescinded:

https://www.history.com/topics/18th-and-21st-amendments

[mundame]

The prohibition was first forced by the liquor and brewery industries.
That was because it cut into their profits.

I can't agree with that! I've read a couple books about it --- it was an early but major feminist project. (That lady with the axe, Carrie Nation, had a lot of fellow travelers....)

It was because of the huge influx of male immigrants from drinking cultures --- notably German and Irish and Italians --- who were building saloons, plural, on EVERY block and drinking like fish. Those songs like "The Face on the Barroom Floor" were not jokes back then. Big drinking had started, against a largely abstemious, Protestant culture.

Women are entirely to credit (or blame, if you prefer) for stopping this by forcing in Prohibition. Okay, Prohibition got overturned in a welter of gangs, tommy guns, bathtub gin, and a whole lot of moonshining, true. BUT --- they did overturn the new incoming drink-drink-drink culture that was ruining America. Liquor Control Boards came in and stopped the overbuilding of saloons and package stores. This was a direct result of Prohibition and the strong feelings on both sides. I think it's been a good compromise.