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Why can't they just sentence drug users to death?

This is the case in Singapore and it seems to work for them. Think of how low crime would be once these scumbags were hung up to dry. It would also eliminate the burden they place on society.
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Death is more humane then prison. By sentencing someone to prison you send a mized message. By sentencing to death it is best for all parties involved. Drug user is put out of their misery, society has one less problem, and the taxpayers do not have to put someone in a government run hotel.


    




kaput450
Are you serious?
Do you live in America?
Fascism is alive and well.


amygwen
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Oh, please.
Drugs don't cause crime.
People cause crime. Drug users or non drug users.
Move to Singapore if you're so happy with the way they f*ck up peoples lives.


Amanda C
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have you ever had a family member or friend who was addicted to drugs? if you had you wouldnt think the way you do. all drug users arent bad people. they shouldnt kill addicts, they should sentence them to a year of in-patient rehab.


KittyKattarina
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Cause there are more drug users then you are aware of and some of them write laws...


Steve M
Not USERS!!! Unfortunately in our country punishment comes before treatment. Dealers?......yes.


Not Rep or Dem!!
95 percent of all those committing murder are never put to death. What are YOU talking about now?........


timothy k
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everybody screws up in the past. i was a drug user. he who is without sin cast the first stone the whole world is on drugs and don't say you never took a drug!


Savvy Sauce
Because they don't deserve it.


Breesygirl9
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So if a person gets hooked on prescription pills because of an illness or injury should they be sentenced to death? Why is it that pedophiles, murderers and rapists are allowed to walk the streets? Drug USERS are not the ones that are causing pain to OTHERS, just to themselves! So why kill them? Why not just help them?


KonKat
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Let's feed the drug users to the starving homeless people. That would kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

Honestly though, think of all the motherless crack babies. Or should we kill them to? Then again, I suppose they'd make nice appetizers for said homeless people...

*sarcasm mostly*


dead can dance
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you cannot be serious....kill someone because they have a substance problem, Hope you never have kids that get into any trouble...hate to see what you do to them.


John F
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So you gonna kill people for drinking? The amount of crime caused under the influence of alcohol is pretty high, Oh and by the way why don't you pull your head out of your (you get the idea) And imagine it from the other persons side, drug abuse is a hard thing to deal with / recover from.


Mark B
Well, I will probably get thumbs down for this, but there is this one drug addict that I know of who attempted to kill my friend and the police did little to nothing to him considering what he attempted. He is a scum bag who's wrap sheet is probably longer than any 3 people that answered this question, I believe he can't be rehabilitated and the only real way to rehabilitate him would be to put him 6 feet under. Before any of you say that is horrible, well why don't you try to change him, and then I will agree with you, but until that happens I will think the only way to make things better in this situation is to put him 6 feet underground.


wolfmoon
That is like so warped!


Kat
I will tell you my story and you tell me if I deserve to be put to death and if you think my kids would be better off. I am a 44 yr old from the Midwest who got caught up in meth and could not break free of it until I received treatment and found my faith in the Lord. I did not BURDEN society and have been clean for three years now. If you knew allitle more about people who are addicted and what they go thru you may not be so quick to call them (us) scumbags and definitely would not want us all put to death. Grow up and maybe do allitle research before you pass judgment on others. I am a great mom and my kids would attest to that and sure would not welcome any such laws like that in the USA. Yes there are people who rob and lie and all sorts of other things to get drugs but not all addicts are this way.


NeverOnTime
The same reason the death penalty isn't used for traffic violations.


**Kyleigh is here!!**
That is a really sad way to look at this situation.


jitz203
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Because this isn't Iran or Saudi Arabia. Punishment should fit the crime.


Adult American
Drug users can and often are young and easily led into stupid behavior. Some of those drug users you want to kill are as young as 9 and 10 years old. Boy they need to die don't they???

They are often young, misguided, lonely, hurt and foolish. Most of the older users were just plain ignorant of what was going to happen to them. What's your excuse?


carolyne_au


Sentencing drug users to death in other countries may be an appropriate solution but this is Australia, lets be realistic. Its the dealers and drug traffickers that need to have harsher sentences, and honestly if they wont bring back capital punishment for murderers etc they certainly are not going to put people to death for using drugs. I think this is more an issue of having more resources to help people who turn to drugs due to personal, mental or other issues.


squirrel017
agreed, lets castrate the child molesters and burn at the stake any premeditated killers also. our country has gone soft


Ted E
Because there are so many people on drugs that would make a humongous dent in the tax payers and the gov could not afford to loose that many


jme_is_sexy
Drug users have the disease of addiction and need to be treated. It's the DRUG DEALERS that need to be locked up for life!!


LindaLou
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Don't they also chop off people's hands for stealing? Even though they are starving and have no other way of feeding themselves? Yeah, sure, that's the kind of society I want to live in. NOT!


MrsHurley
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Define drug. Should you die because you took some tylenol? Should someone die because they smoked a little marijuana? no more so than someone that smoked tobacco or drank a beer. This is a ridiculous and poorly thought out notion.



Sophia M
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That'd be called use of "Excessive force"

It's like how they have signs that say "Trespassers will be shot.", but in America you're not ACTUALLY allowed to shoot a trespasser. Yes, while it's technically "illegal" to trespass, sometimes it's not for harm to the owner. For example, kids cutting across a meadow to get to school aren't looking to HARM the owner of the property on which they are trespassing. So to shoot little kids would be a definite No-No. However, if the kids were to say, try to murder the owner of the property then it would probably be acceptable to use a gun in defense.

The point is...drug users don't deserve to die just for doing drugs...
People who do drugs don't do it to harm others on purpose


Eternal
No not really
we are one of the most mellow ppl in the world
* I Speak for marijuana users


Eliezer G
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Yoooooo man... you gotsa chilllllll the shizzy downnnn. BRAh waz hanenenen?!?!?!? if my trany lawnmowers had any say theyd rip ur roof and kill ur refrigeratorz PWNED all the timein the china man that loved the pruple night sitkcs and the oragne lebodomize the king of france BROah. and surf the bUBBLE gum sharkdedas and drink red /butttjuicce brahhhhhh. him have locks on my head on ur hart mannn but fornicateing bees stings you in the bank accout dont it buddy? SO just hang my car and call me tennis courtsssss. i have way too2twoto much intelligeCEN to eget killed all the time when i go for a jog BRAH.:


Yeeeeee!!! josh!
Bcuz drugs rule =D





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