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2018-03-02 -Lurid Crime Tales-

POTUS At Opioid Summit: Countries That Kill Drug Dealers Have Much Less Of A Drug Problem, You Know

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-02 01:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 He does likes teasing them.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-02 05:06|| 2018-03-02 05:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Honestly I am fine with any participation in the drug trade being punished by death. I am tested constantly in my job because druggies get people killed or maimed and it's not always just them paying the price.

Posted by Silentbrick 2018-03-02 07:23|| 2018-03-02 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 It might appear that our failure to terminate them will result in their terminating us.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-02 07:28|| 2018-03-02 07:28|| Front Page Top

#4 And yet we do hit jobs via drones or commando raids against financiers of terrorism. They're not pulling a trigger, setting off the bomb, or are in the front lines either.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-02 08:32|| 2018-03-02 08:32|| Front Page Top

#5 And then there is also abortion.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-03-02 08:44|| 2018-03-02 08:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Comparisons to Duterte won't sway those like me; hell we were talking about him at Wednesday's campfire. Probably because we are tired of watching nice places turn into shitholes.

However.

There are a number of countries where drug dealing is the death penalty, and has been for a long time.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-03-02 16:29|| 2018-03-02 16:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Trump often puts out controversial comments. As #1 said, he likes scratching at and trolling the opposition. I watched a panel with the head of DHS and other agencies and it sounded like the Trump admin. has a fairly comprehensive program to deal with a complex opioid problem which has many dimensions.

Part of the problem is addiction that results from the medical treatment of acute and chronic pain. Without thinking too hard, I can think of a number of friends, neighbors and relatives who been affected by opioid addiction as the result of both legal and illegal drugs. This goes across all socio-economic strata. The neighbor across the street lost a son, a WWII vet down the street lost a grandson, a friend, a retired cop is dealing with his son's addiction who was injured in an IED explosion in Iraq. I could mention others and I suspect others here probably could similar stories. My great nephew is a 1st responder and about 50 percent of their calls are for drug over-doses.

Addiction is a serious and complex problem. I hope an impact can be made by Trump's program. Wish Mueller's Russian-Trump collusion probe would go away. It is a waste of time and money and nothing has been found in over a year. It has become an instrument for obstructing justice of the real criminality and collusion. Time to get on with more important things like the opiod addiction problem.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-03-02 18:08|| 2018-03-02 18:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Banning drugs makes about as much sense as banning guns.

Posted by Iblis 2018-03-02 18:09|| 2018-03-02 18:09|| Front Page Top

#9 So.. if Khat field in Yemen were treated with paraquat would the civil war end in total hangover?

Posted by 3dc 2018-03-02 20:29|| 2018-03-02 20:29|| Front Page Top

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