DRUG TRAFFICKING

decreasing Drug Trafficking in the United States

Reducing Drug Trafficking in the United States

Introduction

The most significant current drug legislation in the U.S. Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Combating of 1970, known as the CSA, or "controlled substance" (the nature and effectiveness of drug law). (Jaikins et. al. 2009) section 801 of the U.S. Code, which states that the code serves two purposes: (1) to prevent substantial and adverse impact on health and general welfare of the American people, and (2) to prevent significant and direct effect on interstate commerce (U.S. Code Collection). These goals should be achieved through fines listed in the Code and, following the federal level took place in 1986 when the Drug Act established mandatory minimums that many states have followed. In addition, he has increased funding for treatment and rehabilitation, and created the Office of National Drug Control Policy, whose director is often called the drug "czar", responsible for coordinating national drug control policy (the nature and effectiveness of drug law).

In response to these developments, Mexico and the United States has taken significant measures to attempt to resolve the phenomenon of transnational organized crime. Over the past three decades, Mexico depends heavily on the armed forces to combat drug trafficking, the deployment of troops for crop eradication and other operations to combat drugs, the involvement of military personnel in civilian law of communications and the use of soldiers in other day-to-day functions of the order of service, as well documented. With regard to efforts to reduce violence, the militarization of domestic public safety in Mexico has brought mixed results at best. (Jaikins et.al. 2009)

Background

Mexican military enjoys sufficient public confidence, but do not have the legal authority and training enforcement of national legislation and criminal parallel investigations.In, The United States also deployed additional troops and money on its southwestern border Attempt to prevent possible cross-border overflow of violence by Mexican organizations. Thus While the major achievements of these efforts include a steady stream of arrests and extradition of target Organized crime, as well as record seizures of drugs, arms, and cash.

Major operation against drug trafficking was carried out in Mexico with favorable terms. Drug prevention in the workplace is increasingly active in today's society. Workplace drug abuse can create dangerous working conditions and leave room for a costly failure. Drug testing by employers is legal, and it takes place. This can be either screening pre-employment or random drug testing for drugs while already employed. Drug testing laws vary by municipality and state, and most of the laws governing its use of treatment verses punishment for test failures. In 1986, President Reagan signed Executive Order 12564 in an attempt to establish a drug-free federal workplace. Orders placed his conditions of employment for all federal employees to refrain from using illegal drugs, even if the line of duty. It spawned a drug-free Workplace Act of 1988. These laws were originally applied only to federal employees and contractors, but the state, local governments and private sector employers have quickly ...