"The ultimate penalty has to be the death penalty," Trump said, before musing, "maybe our country is not ready for that." The death penalty would be pursued where appropriate under current law. Justice Department says the federal death penalty is available for several limited drug-related offenses, including violations of the "drug kingpin" provisions in federal law. We will continue to aggressively prosecute drug traffickers and we will use federal law to seek the death penalty wherever appropriate." "The war on drugs didn’t work in the 80’s, and it won’t work now by reviving failed deterrence measures like the death penalty for drug dealers.

Source: Fox News March 19, 2018 19:40 UTC