Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by rayiner on Thursday March 30, 2023 @08:36AM
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I don’t see the two things as being in conflict. Turn off the country as I mentioned, use the death penalty on drug users. You can address the demand side by figuring out what’s causing these mental health problems and you can attack the supply by executing drug traffickers.
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ...
by camgunz on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:41AM
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I think a lot of people in the US agree with you, but I think you'd all be surprised to know there are a lot of juvenile drug dealers out there. Sometimes they're indies, others they're low on the totem pole of some gang. You can't solve the problem by killing these kids, also they want to be drug dealers because of the money and prestige, and the (perceived) control they get over their life.
There's also not a lot of evidence in favor of the death penalty as a deterrent. The most likely outcome of this policy is we just start executing hundreds of young men, mostly minorities.