Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyB
When it comes to addicts themselves, I fully support approaches that come out of compassion and empathy, with resources for social, health and housing services that help people get back to lives of dignity. Pepsifree has made good comments on this, and the Portuguese model that has been repeatedly raised is also something I would support. I don't really see punishing addicts for being addicts as making any sense.
When it comes to those trafficking the kinds of drugs that destroy people's lives in these ways, I am very open to severe punishment. I don't so much mean the street-level dealers, but the actual traffickers knowledgably engaging in the business of addiction at scale. I would seriously consider capital punishment for traffickers of things like the synthetic opiates that have people dying on the street daily in the DTES. They are worse than the most prolific serial killers. For street-level drug dealers selling stuff like these synthetic opiates, I would also consider corporal punishment such as caning in addition to rehabilitation.
|
Good points, perhaps we should come down harder on China and the Chinese gangs that are fuelling this disaster.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4149818/v...ndering-drugs/