Dealth Penalty For Drug Dealers

The Trump administration is finalizing a plan to combat the Opioid crisis that will call for changing mandatory minimums for drug traffickers and encourage prosecutors to seek the death penalty for drug deals involved in fatal Opioid overdose cases. The plan will also include stiffer penalties for kingpin drug traffickers or traffickers in high volume transactions. The plan, first reported by Politico, is expected to be released in New Hampshire on Monday where President Trump will make stops in Manchester. President Trump has praised Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte for his crackdown on drugs, despite global criticism about the number of deaths attributed to his war on drug. According to Human Rights Watch, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “War On Drugs” has resulted in the death’s of over 12,000 people, since its inception in 2016. In March, the Philippine House of Representatives approved a bill to restore the death penalty, 11 years after it was abolished specifically for drug offenses. As the world fights the scourge of drug dealers and seeks to find ever more harsher punishment for drug users, several countries are using their judicial sysytem’s to enact severe and as some critics put it, extreme penalties. According to DrugAbuse.com:

Malaysia
In Malaysia, those who sell drugs can be punished with death. Just for having drugs in your possession, you can be fined, jailed, or deported.

Vietnam
In Vietnam, drug crimes are taken very seriously. If you are arrested with more than 1.3 pounds of heroin, you will automatically be executed.

Saudi Arabia
The sale of drugs in Saudi Arabia almost always results in the death penalty. Saudi Arabia and judicial authorities are not inclined to make exceptions. Alcohol use is illegal in Saudi Arabia, and possession or use of alcohol or drugs can be punished by public flogging, fines, lengthy imprisonment, or death.

Singapore
Singaporean police will assume that you are selling drugs if you are caught with relatively small amounts. If you are convicted of selling drugs, you will be sentenced to death.

Indonesia
Indonesian drug laws are harsh. If you are caught with marijuana, you can get up to twenty years in jail. Other drugs carry jail terms of up to twelve years, and the sale of drugs is punishable by death.

North Korea
Foreigners rarely visit North Korea, but there are several tour groups that can help you visit the reclusive nation. Do not bring drugs into North Korea, because you could find yourself sentenced to an extremely lengthy stay in a prison camp. You will have no contact with your friends or family, and it may be very difficult for the United States government to intervene.

The Philippines
In the Philippines, drug traffickers are sentenced to death. You may be presumed to be a drug trafficker if you have more than a third of an ounce of a drug in your possession.

Columbia
If you get caught with drugs in Columbia, you will spend a long time in a very unpleasant prison. Police make several arrests a day at airports in Columbia, catching many foreign nationals.

United States
Those who sell drugs can be punished with death. Just for having drugs in your possession, you can be jailed. (Pending)