Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

To me, the death penalty is just the epitome of hypocrisy. We're going to punish someone for killing by... killing? It's completely irrational. It only promotes a certain dogma that killing is alright if the offender has gone against your moral views.

As for the drug dealer stuff, drugs and violence would not be linked at all if drugs were legalized, a drug dealer would just be another pharmacist. It would leave all the responsibility of drugs (like not killing yourself) in the hands of the user, where it should be.