Drug Trafficking
We have not won the battle against drug trafficking - Sheila Jackson Lee
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The next generation of illicit drugs? Think ‘synthetic’
Synthetic drugs are the future of drug trafficking. Plant-based drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, and marijuana require large swaths of land and favorable climates. Synthetic drugs, in contrast, have comparatively low barriers to entry. They are relatively cheap and easy to make, more potent than traditional drugs, and incredibly lucrative. From a drug trafficker’s perspective, synthetic drugs are a far superior product.
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A Massive Drug Trade, and No Violence
Peru is the single largest producer of cocaine in the world. It's also an incredibly safe country.
By tackling both supply and demand, our strategy will reduce the misery of drugs
We have a bold long-term vision to deal with drug crime and to improve treatment. It will transform lives.
How drug trafficking is (and isn’t) to blame for violence in Latin America
The more powerful a gang becomes, the less it needs or wants to resort to violence.
How the Mexican Drug Trade First Began
The vast Mexican-U.S. border was ideal for trafficking—a problem that has confounded American authorities for the last century. It is one of the longest borders on the planet, stretching two thousand miles from the Pacific at San Diego to the Gulf of Mexico at Brownsville.
How the war on drugs has made drug traffickers more ruthless and efficient
We’ve basically set up an exercise for bad guys to find innovative ways to penetrate our borders. That’s not a smart thing to do from the perspective of homeland security. But if you do it right, you can rake in billions.
Is the War on Drugs to Blame for the Fentanyl Crisis?
Implicit here is the notion that waging the drug war more aggressively and more effectively could have stopped the surge of fentanyl into the country and the overdose deaths that followed. What if, instead, today’s surge in fentanyl deaths is a by-product of decades of aggressively waging the War on Drugs? Absent prohibition, it seems unlikely that many would choose a drug so powerful that even a tiny amount can kill you. But when drugs are illegal, a narcotic that can get you high even in tiny amounts is very useful, because it is easier to smuggle and to hide.
Many Americans falsely think migrants are bringing most of the fentanyl entering U.S.
A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows that big numbers of Americans believe incorrectly that "most" of the fentanyl entering the U.S. is smuggled by migrants. It's not the only misleading claim getting traction.
Pills containing fentanyl are becoming increasingly common in drug trafficking
There's disturbing new information out today about recent trends in drug use. A new study of police drug seizures shows there's been a massive increase in the traffic of pills that look like legitimate pharmaceuticals but actually contain illicit fentanyl.
Popular Drug-Trafficking Website The Silk Road Shut Down By Government
The U.S. Department of Justice today filed a criminal and a civil suit against one Ross WIlliam Ulbricht, who is accused of being the kingpin of anything-goes online marketplace the Silk Road. Want to buy some guns? Some heroin? A hitman? (Yeah.) The Silk Road was your Amazon.com. But not anymore.
The new drug highway: Pacific islands at centre of cocaine trafficking boom
Explosion in number of boats carrying cocaine and meth from Latin America to Australia is causing havoc for islands on the way.
The U.S. Has Led the War on Drugs Abroad for Decades, and It’s Been a Staggering Failure
It has also fueled the move toward synthetic opioids like fentanyl, driving overdose deaths here at home.
The next generation of illicit drugs? Think ‘synthetic’
Fentanyl is the latest illicit drug to spread across the U.S., but it won’t be the last. What might the next era of drug trafficking look like?
United Nations
Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. Drug trafficking is a key part of this research.
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