Drugs Are Bad, M’Kay. Drug Trafficking Is A Very Serious

Drugs are bad, m’kay. Drug trafficking is a very serious problem. Simple solutions such as legalization of the drugs to prevent all problems and taxing it to make money off of would be common sense but it doesn’t happen. I know that some drugs aren’t illegal in some states and countries but it hasn’t turned into a problem for them. I am curious to know more about how it affects the economy, why people do it, and what are resolutions for the issue. Most countries have to deal with it everywhere. It has evolved the world into a dangerous violent criminal world. Unfortunately, this type of â€Å"business† leads to tons of constant kidnapping, prostitution, murders, and plenty of other crimes that we don t hear much of. Yet, it is a fast and†¦show more content†¦In the article, Transporting Cocaine, it states â€Å"Colombian cartels would pay the Mexican groups as much as $1,000 per kilogram to smuggle cocaine into the United States† (Schmidt, 2). Then Colombian cartels would then pick up the drugs and resume distribution and sales efforts, making personal profits that are unrecorded. Therefore the growing informal drug economy leads to many individuals creating a substantial living through this undercover market. According to up to date studies and statistics, the united states of america is the largest buyer of the illegal drugs in the world. Hundreds of tons of the drugs and narcotics are being ingested b y american citizens daily. The coast guard can only seize a fraction of the amount of products that make it in the us. These individual drug cartels monopolizing the trafficking market are a growing problem for the U.S economy and need to be located and controlled. In order to seize these individuals who are growing in power and numbers, the U.S. must control the connections between Mexico and Columbia. Mexico is the biggest transporter amongst Columbia and the U.S. because it shares a border with the U.S. This increasingly influences the drug trafficking leads to drug dealers giving them motives. If this trafficking continues, the U.S. informal economy will crush the growth of legal industries. The trafficking and abuse of drugs in the U.S. affects nearly all aspects of