I completely disagree, but you present the only workable alternative to my position. This is how Thailand got rid of its meth problem, by making use a capitol offense. All the addicts (and it was a huge percentage of the country, since it was a common method of boosting productivity) either quit or were killed off.
I for one am not down with an American genocide, but YMMV.
We are nearing the divergence of two roads here in the yellow wood. The one we have been traveling eventually leads to your logical end. I propose we take the road less traveled by, I'm confident it will in time make all the difference.
I should clarify my position is that the death penalty would be for felony dealers who sell, not the users. Break the supply end of the equation and drive up price due to limited supply (less dealers coupled with sealed borders) and the end user will drop off. When you deal with enough addicts you see that the users action is compulsive but the the dealers are cold calculating profiteers who deal in death and deserve such on themselves. The profit margin is so high in dealing that knowing one may not live to spend their ill gotten gains may be the only thing to discourage such large scale drug dealing. The tonnage of drugs used daily to keep this nation illicitly high is staggering and the cost to all in terms of associated crime (burglaries,robberies, assaults etc.)and spending ( law enforcement, incarceration, welfare to family members of addicts who die or are imprisoned, medical etc) also astronomical.
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