Drug Trafficking

Drug Trafficking

Introduction

Drug trafficking, the distribution of illegal drugs locally and internationally, is a growing problem in the United States. Eight percent of the world's international trade is drug trafficking, generating about 400 billion dollars annually. Each year about 62.5 billion dollars are spent toward illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia. Heroin, Cocaine, Crack, Marijuana, and Methamphetamine are some of the most commonly trafficked drugs along the North American boarders. Heroin is a deadly drug trafficked internationally from South America, Mexico, Southeast Asia, and Southwest Asia.

The Chemical process in the creation of Heroin was founded in the 1880's. Heroin trafficking became a well-known business in the United States in the 1970's. Another deadly and very addictive drug is Cocaine; one of the most commonly used drugs worldwide. Common distribution areas of Cocaine are Columbia and Mexico. Along with Heroin the 1970's was Cocaine's big break into American Culture. Throughout time Crack, a drug far more addictive then Cocaine, was introduced to the world. Transported in the form of pebbles or rocks, crack is considered a simple drug transport for international trafficking. The Crack epidemic was in the 1980's. The 1970's was a time period that introduced a variety of substances, including Marijuana. The Marijuana, also known as a gateway drug, is the most commonly used drug in the United States. Marijuana was originally discovered in Mexico, however; as time passed marijuana expanded into the United States region. Methamphetamine, as well as marijuana, originated in Mexico and slowly slithered its way into American society (Salekin & Alexander, 2001).

Thesis Statement

Drugs imported from Mexico is a major hurdle in overcoming the drugs problem in United States, however, empowering police in Mexico will contain this drugs import to a larger extent.

Discussion

The drug war or the fight against organized crime in Mexico is a conflict internal facing the State against Mexican gangs that controls various illegal activities, mainly drug trafficking. This situation began on December 11th of 2006 , when the federal government announced it would begin a "battle" against organized crime in the state of Michoacan, where over 2006 had been recorded about 500 murders of members of cartels narcotics. To meet them, the Mexican government has favored the use of the armed forces. Since the conflict began, has moved to the Federal Police in the company of the security forces of each state and various municipalities. They have joined the Army and Navy.

The Methamphetamine distribution has risen since the 1990's. The eruption of drug trafficking has caused numerous negative affects throughout the world. In the 1990's, a drug known as Methamphetamine began to get a reputation. Methamphetamine is a complete chemically made process. Chemicals used to create the stimulant known as Methamphetamine varies, many of them being common household chemicals, causing the drug to be a larger threat (Goldstein & Belluci, 2007).

Methamphetamine was originally trafficked from Mexico, however; because of the law enforcement expanding the seizures of Methamphetamine from 6.5 kilograms in 1992 up to 560 kilograms in 1998, meth labs have became ...