Proposes death penalty for drug dealers during New Hampshire speech

During a speech in New Hampshire on the opioid crisis, Trump called for the death penalty for drug dealers, praising authoritarian countries with \u201czero tolerance\u201d policies. He argued that \u201cunless you have the death penalty, you\u2019re never going to solve this problem,\u201d rejecting public health approaches in favor of extreme punitive measures.

"If we don't get tough on the drug dealers, we are wasting our time ... and that toughness includes the death penalty." — New Hampshire speech, March 19, 2018