@ISIDEWITHQuestionsCriminal Issues6yrs ago

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).

24%
Yes
76%
No
19%
Yes
67%
No
2%
Yes, but only if they are repeated offenders
5%
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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 @9FC2869answered…11mos11MO

No, I do not believe in the death penalty for drug trafficking

 @9G4MBY3answered…10mos10MO

Yes!! Look at Rodrigo Duterte ex Philippine Prime Minister, he done wonders for the Philippine drug crime rate!

 @9G3B3DG answered…10mos10MO

NO, we need to address the issues of addiction and poverty. Keep the death penalty for violent child related offenders

 @9FPG44Ranswered…10mos10MO

No, force them in to supervised community service and have them do something useful to society for their lifetime

 @9FNCN4Canswered…10mos10MO

No but deportation if not citizens

 @9FB734Lanswered…11mos11MO

sick of hearing about usa. such an un-related country to nz when it comes to culture and world views particularly around law and order matters

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 @MercifulFr33m4rket from Florida submitted…5mos5MO

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.