 The legislation would have required a court to sentence a first time drug importer to life in prison or a multiple-time offender to death.In a November 2011 interview, Gingrich reaffirmed his support for giving the death penalty to some drug smugglers, such as cartel leaders, and said "we need to think through a strategy that makes it radically less likely that we're going to have drugs in this country".He commented that places with "very draconian" drug policies like Singapore have been the most successful at doing that.