OnTheIssues Fact Checking: on Drugs

Donald Trump: FactCheck: Executing drug dealers doesn't save lives

[Trump said countries] "that don't have a drug problem are ones that institute a death penalty sentence for drug dealers." Is that true?

There are 7 countries with "high application" of capital punishment for drug offenses, according to hri.global. Do those 7 countries have the fewest drug problems? We'll compare deaths from drugs per million people, from WorldLifeExpectancy.com--there's no pattern:

LOW
3 Singapore
4 Indonesia
MEDIUM
11 Malaysia
13 Vietnam
13 China
20 Saudi Arabia
HIGH
26 Iran
213 United States

So highly applying capital punishment has not moved countries into low drug death rates--except for Singapore and Indonesia. But when Iran & China highly apply capital punishment for drugs, they don't get low drug death rates. Many countries DO achieve low drug death rates WITHOUT capital punishment for drugs--like Italy, Kenya, Japan, and more. It's inaccurate that EVERY country with low drug deaths gets there via capital punishment. Source: OnTheIssues FactCheck: The Hill: 2024 Presidential hopefuls Jul 26, 2022

The above quotations are from Presidential Primary Fact Checking by OnTheIssues.org. Click here for definitions & background information on Drugs. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Herman Cain on Drugs.
*2024 Presidential contenders on Drugs:*
	*Candidates for President & Vice-President:* V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA) Chase Oliver(L-GA) Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA) Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL) Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH) Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN) Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)	*2024 presidential primary contenders:* Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE) N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R) N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R) Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R) S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R) Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R) Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN) U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN) Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH) S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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