Death for drug dealers?

As most of you would guess, I'm for it. Several nations do execute dealers, especially smugglers. There is a risk in doing it to the smugglers, right now they some times surrender when cornered, but if they know certain death is the only option, they will fight tooth and nail when caught. That will place law enforcement in greater danger.
Since 9-11-01, we have had an escalation of law enforcement interactions with bad outcomes. By bad, I mean people who were not criminals being shot dead. Some days it looks like a no win spiral for America. It is a tough line, we have cops who have murdered innocent people, prosecutors who have sent innocent people to jail and at the same time they are covering for the cops who murder.
If we approve the death penalty for drug smugglers, we also need to require the same penalty for police who slaughter innocent blood.
As far as federal enforcement of drug laws, we need to abide by the Constitution. Criminals caught bringing drugs over the border are clearly in violation of Constitutional federal laws. What about pot grown in Colorado or California? If states have rights, the feds should not be able to enforce on things that are clearly state matters. By the way, I am not in favor of recreational drug use but I am also not in favor of the laws we have now. A certain amount of letting adults decide how they wish to ruin their lives though is anathema to politicians.
Medical marijuana is another matter. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to convince me that there is some medical benefit.
Changes to the laws create potential minefields, some best left unnavigated. Protecting the borders is clearly a federal mandate. If executing the smugglers would slow the flow, I see that as a good thing.
Another potential problem is the Supremely unjust Courts. We know that any law would immediately face a challenge in California, and the Ninth Circus' clowns would strike it down faster than a lawful travel ban. The answer to this problem is a congress with enough spine to reign in the corrupt courts and impeach a whole bunch of judges including Ruth badbitch Grinchberg, or what ever skellator's name is. The courts long ago made the mistake of only allowing death for serious murders. They created classes, something they are not allowed under the Constitution to do. Congress sets the standards, the courts are bound to follow the requirements of Congress unless there is clear reason to say the Congress was wrong. Historical evidence is on the side of executing criminals who have not committed murder.  Eliminating the death penalty for juvenile murderers was another serious misstep by these robed fools.
So, even if we had a Congress with the balls to do the right thing and make the death penalty mandatory for international drug smugglers, the courts would never uphold it, and we have just wasted time and lost face. Better to use other options, send the Army into Mexico and have them commit a few war crimes, then pardon them for making Mexico safer for every one.