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Trump plan to execute 'big drug pushers' will do nothing to stop opioid overdoses

  • Written by Angélica Durán-Martínez, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell

On March 19, President Donald Trump unveiled his administration’s plan to stem the opioid overdose crisis in the United States, which has claimed some 350,000 lives since 2000. Among other measures, it proposes severe punishment for people involved in the illegal drug trade, including longer minimum jail sentences and potentially the death...

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