|
By <FORTUNE> RENAE REINTS December 5, 2018
President Donald Trump showed support for using the death penalty against drug traffickers Wednesday, applauding China’s recent decision to classify synthetic opioid Fentanyl as a “controlled substance.”
“If China cracks down on this ‘horror drug,’ using the Death Penalty for distributors and pushers, the results will be incredible!” Trump said in an early morning tweet, adding that more than 77,000 people died from Fentanyl in 2017.
By <CNBC> TUCKER HIGGINS December 5, 2018
President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on China to seek the death penalty for distributors of fentanyl, an opioid linked to thousands of deaths in the United States each year.
"If China cracks down on this 'horror drug,' using the Death Penalty for distributors and pushers, the results will be incredible!" the president wrote in a post on Twitter. He said that an agreement about the drug reached with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping was "very exciting," and suggested it could be a "game changer."
|
|