Pure statism.

By that logic, they should shoot alcohol and tobacco sellers, who cause many more deaths than illegal drugs.

The war on drugs has always struck me as pure and simple hypocrisy. People earn money however they can, and in my view, selling drugs is a completely legitimate business, and state intervention is an attack on private property.

Incidentally, states are the biggest traffickers. JD Vance should also shoot the entire US military and senior officers who were involved in the cultivation and trafficking of opium in Afghanistan, which was almost non-existent before their arrival thanks to the Taliban's ban.