But the opioid epidemic still haunts us, taking lives each day — and the death penalty is no solution to the opioid epidemic. Besides, going after the death penalty will only waste resources: law enforcement, taxpayer money, and more. Treatment and medication for those who are addicted to drugs need to be provided, but these things simply do not happen in cultures that use the drug penalty to punish drug pushers with the death penalty. He was found with 622 grams of marijuana on him and was then given the death penalty due for 2009, with many fighting for his life. Death Penalty Is Not The Solution If any country has a drug problem, the presence of illegal drug pushers is merely a symptom of a bigger issue.
If any country has a drug problem, the presence of illegal drug pushers is merely a symptom of a bigger issue. Death penalty is never the answer.
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