factor follow-up segment tonight, new york city police have arrested four suspected heroin dealers after actor philip sea hour hoffman killed himself with the drugs. being charged with variety but not murder as of yet. as you may know we are calling for very tough punishments for tough drug pushers. we do not believe it is a nonviolent crime. joining us from miami is a psychiatrist and addiction specialist from charleston. ms. rebound, i begin with you. am i wrong about selling narcotics. i believe it is a violent ability. i completely agree. i think it should be treated as violent act. four times more death to heroin than there are murders. and what could be more violent? when you hear and it s
to sell it. it depends on what a person does when they use it. what is the only use for heroin? what is the only use? well, it is used for some i mean. what is the only use for heroin. only use for heroin is people get high on heroin. drugs you have some protection. correct. and you have hunting. correct. and you have a number of other things. now, i think selling narcotics is a violent crime because it leads to the harm. you are selling a harmful substance to another human being and you say? you are also talking about an illegal substance. i wouldn t even care if it was legal. those are all legal substances. here you are trafficking in illegal substance. i tend to agree with you that perhaps it should be classified as a violent crime because it tends to lead to violence. more often than other things do. so, for example, a drug deal can go bad, erupt in violence. acquiring those drugs in order to sell them on the street or to clients that can go bad and erupt
gave an addict the drug that killed him deserves to go away for life. ms. banfield is absolutely correct. president obama has campaigned to lessen some drug sentences involving crack cocaine. i look forward to signing into law a bipartisan bill to help right a long standing wrong by sentencing disparities between those convicted of crack cocaine and powder cocaine. it s the right thing to do. and he did sign that law. now, if you know anything about narcotics, you know there is a dig difference between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. with us monica crowley and alan colmes. drug dealing, selling narcotics narcotics is nonviolent crime. it is a nonviolent crime any more than selling a gun is a nonviolent crime. if you use a gun badly that s a. you are talking about gun dealers. some guns being sold are crimes. but it s not a violent crime
also, police are hunting for the pusher who sold philip sea hour hoffman a fatal dose of heroin even as the left says drug dealing is a nonviolent crime. we ll continue that debate tonight. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi oil bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. getting the president on the record that s the subject of in this evening s talking points memo. it s interesting to watch the discussion after my talking with president obama on sunday. the usual suspects are complaining that i was rude, obnoxious. on the other side the hard right is moaning that i didn t slam the president to the floor or something. but the vast majority of americans were given a clear view of some very important issues. the interview was not a debate. it was a discussion.
to sell it. it depends on what a person does when they use it. what is the only use for heroin? what is the only use? well, it is used for some i mean. what is the only use for heroin. only use for heroin is people get high on heroin. drugs you have some protection. correct. and you have hunting. correct. and you have a number of other things. now, i think selling narcotics is a violent crime because it leads to the harm. you are selling a harmful substance to another human being and you say? you are also talking about an illegal substance. i wouldn t even care if it was legal. those are all legal substances. here you are trafficking in illegal substance. i tend to agree with you that perhaps it should be classified as a violent crime because it tends to lead to violence. more often than other things do. so, for example, a drug deal can go bad, erupt in violence. acquiring those drugs in order to sell them on the street or to clients that can go bad and erupt