[JustSayNoToNannies]

That amount should bring on the death penalty for those found guilty.

That policy has accomplished nothing elsewhere: "APAIC reviewed drug use in Indonesia and found the following; between 2006 and 2010 the use of meth, barbiturates, heroin, and cannabis resin increased, while the use of ecstasy and cocaine remained about the same. APAIC also found that domestic production of meth and ecstasy is on the rise. Evidently the death penalty and decades long prison sentences are not deterring drug users or drug dealers." - http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/30/you-can-sometimes-reduce-drug-use-if-you

Which is no surprise - dealers daily risk death from competitors and twitchy customers, but they continue to deal and if killed or imprisoned are quickly replaced. The drug-war-hyperinflated profits are just too high to pass up.

[gunsequalfreedom]

I'm talking the death penalty for someone caught with those sorts of quantities as mentioned in the article. The way I see it the guy is the equivalent of a mass murderer for all the lives he has destroyed.

I was not talking deterent value. I just think they should be done away with.

For lesser quantities where someone is peddling to support a habit or even for low level dealers obviously the death penalty is too harsh.

Instead of Indonesia as an example, perhaps Singapore might serve as a better example? At any rate, I generally agree with your position, just not for the scum caught with these kinds of quantities.