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valjm16 9 months ago
At least 40 people a day are dying from the use of illegal drugs. This does not include those that are killed as the result of wars between drug gangs or people who fall victim to violent criminals supporting their habit. This adds up to about 15,000 a year.

So much money is flowing into the coffers of the drug cartels that they are now powerful enough to actually do battle with the Mexican Government. The drug problem is a disease that is eating away at our society and it will only get worse if we don’t put a stop to it.

What I propose is a law that will give LEA (Law Enforcement Agencies) the kind of weapon they need to put the drug dealers out of business. It is a law that would provide harsh penalties for those who would refuse to cooperate with LEA after they are arrested. The threat of these penalties must be real or they will not work.

Part 1. Growing, manufacturing, processing, packaging, transportation, distribution, selling of any type of illicit drug product, as well as accepting any kind of payoff, gift or favor in return for protection, would all come under the heading of Felony Drug Dealing.

Part 2. FDD (Felony Drug Dealing) is a single ongoing felony with numerous unwitting participants, all of whom are jointly responsible for all of the consequences of this crime.

(Re: “unwitting participants.” Since I am not an attorney, I am not certain this is worded exactly as it should be. Even though people who live in different areas of the country may not know each other and may not be purposely cooperating with one another, they are still all participating the same crime. They are all part of the same problem and they are all jointly responsible for all of the consequences of this crime.)

Part 3. Any person arrested for FDD could be charged with up to 10 counts of First Degree Murder.

(Any death which occurs during the commission of a felony is considered to be First Degree Murder (FDM). Since FDD would be defined as a single ongoing felony, this would mean that any individual could be charged with literally thousands of counts of First Degree Murder. This would certainly not be practical or necessary. The option to charge any individual with 10 counts FDM is intended to give LEA sufficient leverage to convince the individual who has been arrested that they should cooperate to whatever extent they are able. Someone arrested on the street for dealing would then be encouraged to help LEA obtain evidence against the street dealer’s supplier. Those who are arrested as the result of this evidence would then be put into the same position. Give up your supplier of face multiple counts of FDM when you go to court. In other words, every arrest has the potential to lead to other arrests with LEA working their way up the supply chain.)

We cannot afford to allow this problem to continue eating away at our society. How many times must we hear about a parent who came home to find their son or daughter dead with a crack pipe in their hand before we say enough is enough. It is time to get serious and put these vermin out of business permanently!
valjm16 9 months ago
If there is one person in government who should have absolutely nothing to hide, it should be the President. He should be the one who sets the example for everyone else to follow. If he is unwilling to show that he is even a citizen, natural born or not, I know of several million other people who would like to do the same and not have to worry about being sent back to the countries they came here from illegally. Perhaps ICE should pay the White House a visit.