{"id":157234,"date":"2018-03-19T02:01:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=157234"},"modified":"2018-03-19T02:01:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:01:07","slug":"trump-opioid-plan-includes-death-penalty-for-traffickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/19\/trump-opioid-plan-includes-death-penalty-for-traffickers\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump opioid plan includes death penalty for traffickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_102723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102723\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/15910692553_845f77f91a_z-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102723\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/15910692553_845f77f91a_z-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump's plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate under current law. That from a top administration official.(Photo: frankieleon\/ Flickr,CC BY 2.0)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/15910692553_845f77f91a_z-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/15910692553_845f77f91a_z-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump&#8217;s plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate under current law. That from a top administration official.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/armydre2008\/15910692553\/in\/photolist-qeYszp-UudcWj-9pAnnS-SyAoqp-bvc7PH-DoEL75-CARN4B-DoEJ6w-dkoQLa-SyAvK4-SyBiiP-RJ3XjU-SLMMRC-TNCT1g-SyBtLT-QDtPDm-SWWA71-UEQkFj-RVZvsi-T1zqtF-GxFGnJ-SLq6ZA-UxhXGi-TCL1nn-TvfMhg-s5z5cY-sjSmjY-s5H19H-apjV7y-sn83rM-snatR4-SLqnxj-H3Zb3b-Hndp1H-GxFTrC-TNqRBt-GxFSTU-RHFHT7-T1zssk-Hndy1M-TBbfpp-SvUmwY-H3YZ8A-GxFYqq-HndvHa-GxFSe7-H3YWkw-QDtQe9-GxP8ni-Tdnhj1\">(Photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/armydre2008\/\">frankieleon\/ Flickr,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump&#8217;s plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate under current law. That from a top administration official.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fate for drug dealers that Trump, who aims to be seen as tough on crime, has been highlighting publicly in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also wants Congress to pass legislation reducing the amount of drugs needed to trigger mandatory minimum sentences for traffickers who knowingly distribute certain illicit opioids. Trump&#8217;s domestic policy director, Andrew Bremberg, briefed reporters Sunday on the plan Trump is scheduled to unveil Monday in New Hampshire, a state hard-hit by the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump&#8217;s plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":102723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24157,16],"tags":[48588,14087],"class_list":["post-157234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-american-news","category-news","tag-andrew-bremberg","tag-president-donald-trump","mauthors-darlene-superville","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}