Speaking in New Hampshire on Monday, President Donald Trump laid out his long-awaited plan for addressing addiction and overdose deaths in the United States. Among the proposed policies: sentencing drug dealers in some cases to the death penalty.
While this punitive strategy has dominated the headlines, Trump also spoke on Monday about a wide mixture of policies meant to tackle the overdose epidemic from every angle. Some of these ideas have research to support their implementation; others don't. Below, we've created a brief rundown of some of Trump's most interesting ideas, and whether they're expected to work.
1. DEATH FOR DRUG DEALERS
This seems to be one of the president's favorite solutions. To him, it's key. "This is about winning a very, very tough problem and if we don't get very tough on these dealers, it's not going to happen, folks," he said during Monday's speech. (He had earlier clarified "that toughness includes the death penalty.") He also reiterated his belief that countries that punish drug-selling with death don't have problems with drugs.
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