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Drugs and the Death Sentence

Taj Mahon-Haft

In: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy

Edited by: Mark A. R. Kleiman & James E. Hawdon

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412976961.n109

Subject: Public Policy, Drug Crimes

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Mahon-Haft, T. (2011). Drugs and the death sentence. In M. A. Kleiman & J. E. Hawdon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of drug policy (Vol. 1, pp. 259-260). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412976961.n109

Mahon-Haft, Taj. "Drugs and the Death Sentence." In Encyclopedia of Drug Policy, edited by Mark A. Kleiman and James E. Hawdon, 259-260. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. doi: 10.4135/9781412976961.n109.

Mahon-Haft, T 2011, 'Drugs and the death sentence', in Kleiman, MA & Hawdon, JE (eds), Encyclopedia of drug policy, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 259-260, viewed 24 February 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412976961.n109.

Mahon-Haft, Taj. "Drugs and the Death Sentence." Encyclopedia of Drug Policy. Eds. Mark A. Kleiman and James E. Hawdon. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. 259-260. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 24 Feb. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412976961.n109.

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Across the globe, there are a number of nations with statutes allowing for the death sentences in drug-related convictions. While many countries have moved toward less punitive drug policies in recent years, there has been a simultaneous rise in the use of the death penalty in some nations, particularly in southeast Asia. These governments value the public display of enforcement, which they claim has a deterrent effect.
However, this practice has prompted criticism from human rights activists and harm reduction proponents, who focus on the absence of evidence demonstrating a deterrent effect and human rights violations associated with the practice. As a result, many international bodies have called for the abolition of the death sentence for drug crimes, including the United Nations (UN) and the European ...

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