United States’ President Donald Trump has called for death penalty for drug traffickers saying, “This isn’t about nice anymore.”Announcing his plans to tackle the US’ opioid epidemic, the President said a tough stance was required to tackle the situation. “Toughness is the thing they most fear,” he said. Trump unveiled his plans in New Hampshire, a state that has been hard hit by the drug scourge. The move represents the laying down of an early marker in the 45th President’s re-election campaign for 2020. Opioids, including prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic drugs, killed more than 42,000 people in the US in 2016, the highest total ever recorded.

Source: Punch March 20, 2018 09:00 UTC