Drug Smuggling
Drug smuggling is on a current up raise and there seems to be no way of
stunting it growth. But here a some ways some states are trying to slow the
rate of drug smuggling.
In Illinois there is a program called “Operation Cash Crop” or the OCC.
This is a combine of the ISP and the DEA. It's goal is to locate places where
marijuana is grown then destroy all of it's gardens. During the span of 1983-88
these “OCC” led to 442 arrest and destroyed over 2 million marijuana plants. And
in 1984 there was 64,300 plants destroyed along.
There is also a program called Operation Valkritre or O.V., this program
arrested 633 suspected drug smugglers and seized nearly 3,000 Kilograms of
marijuana and 2,000 kilograms of crack that was being brought into Illinois.
More then 3 quarters of these arrest were in 1988 alone.
Some of the thing that the government are trying to do to help stop this
horrible thing are sending the army out in the streets to help seize some of the
drugs on the streets, and the government is also putting more money into protect
the boarders from all immigrants bringing illegal drugs into the United States
of America. There is also a lot of money put into a huge wall/fence going across
most of the whole southern boarder line. Along the coast of the east side and
the west side are hundreds of check in places to help stop from letting in
illegal drugs.
Here is a case about 21 sailors that were arrested for smuggling cocaine
and heroin to Italy. They have been doing those on a regular basis because most
navy trips can go through boarders without being check for illegal drugs. The
sailors were caught with 20 pounds of illegal drugs which had street value of
thousands of dollars. The reason there are not a lot of illegal drugs coming
into the U.S. boarders is cause we have high tech aircraft's and vessels and
surveillance to detect drugs.
Some of the places where crack is a problem are where a country does not
have money to support a high tech drug resistance around the borders of there
country. That is the reason that there is such a huge drug problem in countries
like Mexico and some of the poorer counties in Russia. Most of the drugs that
seep into American are usually brought into from Mexico.
The government is trying to build a more resistant border line t...
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... one day in our future these country
really will be DRUG FREE.
Now about the legalization of drugs and what Richard Nixon the president
in ‘72 thought when he came into office about the drug problem startin to expand
so he thought about legalizin all drugs except heroin. But he didn't and I
think he did the right thing.
The percentage of 12-17 year olds has doubled from 1.6 mil. to 2.9 mil.
1 in three high school seniors now smoke marijuana and 48.4% of the class of
1995 has tried it.
L.S.D. use has been soaring in the last 25 year it went up 11.7%
The rate of cocaine and heroin related hospitalizations reports have
went to 65% since 1990 to 1994.
The place most of the drugs have the most problem is in the western part
of America properly cause most of the drug comes from the Mexican borders.
Works Cited:
Internet: www.altavista.com
21 saliors
illionis prevention
drug title 4
DRUG IN AMERICA
By robert long
1993
What next?
by frank loinheart
1994
About one out of five 10th graders and about 1 out of four high school seniors used marijuana in the past month (Facts for Teens, 1). It is the second most popular drug among teens in the US (Encarta, 1). Teens, ages 12-17, that use marijuana weekly are nine times more likely than non-users to experience with illegal drugs and alcohol (Fed. Study, 1). More 13 & 14 year olds are using drugs, fifteen pe...
them. Illegal immigrants are facing hardships and have a hard life in the USA, but they have no
In the early 1950’s in Southeast Asia, the CIA organized the Nationalist Chinese army to start a war against Communist China. This Chinese army became the opium distributors of the “Golden Triangle” (parts of Burma, Thailand and Laos). The “Golden Triangle” has the most abundance of opium and heroin in the world. In order to smuggle drugs, the CIA’s main airline, Air America, flew drugs all over Southeast Asia. (Robbins 154)
Wilton, R., & Moreno, C. M. (2012). Critical geographies of drugs and alcohol. Social & Cultural Geography, 13(2), 99–108. doi:10.1080/14649365.2012.670505
As with alcohol, men (50.1%) are more likely than their female counterparts (39.2%) to have used marijuana during their life time. The same sample of men (18.2%) and women (10.2%) have used marijuana in the past year. This is up from 5.7% for men and 2.4% for women in 1993, over three times higher for the men and four times for the women. The younger generations, like men, are more likely to use marijuana, with approximately 70% of those between the ages of 18-24 years old having tired it at least once. The youngest age group sampled, 15-17 years old, almost 30% of them used cannabis in the past year, peaking at 47% with the age group18 & 19 year olds. After this point usage within the past year tends to decline with only 10% of the population surveyed claiming they still use marijuana.
Mexicans claim that the war in drugs only made the cartels more violent and the state authorities more tainted. The result is that guiltless onlookers are often caught up in the crossfire. For periods, drug transferring groups have used Mexico's fragile political system to make "a network of corruption that ensured distribution rights, market access, and even official government protection for drug traffickers in exchange for lucrative bribes," (Shirk,2011).
The Government needs to draw the line somewhere. In Sweden the Government was giving out free heroin, in order to keep the drugs free from being impure. However, Margaret McKay (2001) declares that if we follow in same steps, soon we will be giving out not only free heroin, but also other illegal substances as well. It will then lead to problems with other drugs as well.
Drug trafficking has been a massive concern between the borders of Mexico and the U.S. “since mid 1970s” (Wyler, 1). Drug trafficking is “knowingly being in possession, manufacturing, selling, purchasing, or delivering an illegal, controlled substance” (LaMance, 1). A dynamic relationship exists amongst Columbia, Mexico, and the U.S. the informal drug trafficking economy. This growing informal drug economy leads to many individuals creating a substantial living through this undercover market. These individual drug cartels monopolizing the trafficking market are a growing problem for the U.S economy and need to be located and controlled. 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 consumer life. Drug trafficking remains a growing issue and concern to the U.S. government. The U.S. border control must find a way to work with Mexico to overpower the individuals who contribute to the drug trafficking business. This market must be seized and these individuals must be stopped.
The war on drugs began with the presidential term of President Nixon in the 1970s. According to drugpolicy.org, “He dramatically increased the size and presence of federal drug control agencies, and pushed through measures such as mandatory sentencing and no-knock warrants. Nixon temporarily placed marijuana in Schedule One, the most restrictive category of drugs.”
Concerned authorities have focused essentially on criminalization and punishment, to find remedies to the ever-increasing prevalent drug problem. In the name of drug reducing policies, authorities endorse more corrective and expensive drug control methods and officials approve stricter new drug war policies, violating numerous human rights. Regardless of or perhaps because of these efforts, UN agencies estimate the annual revenue generated by the illegal drug industry at $US400 billion, or the equivalent of roughly eight per cent of total international trade (Riley 1998). This trade has increased organized/unorganized crime, corrupted authorities and police officials, raised violence, disrupted economic markets, increased risk of diseases an...
In 1971, President Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” He substantially increased the presence and size of federal drug agencies, and passed legislation like mandatory sentencing laws and unconstitutional warrants. Nixon even listed marijuana as a Schedule One drug, the most constrictive drug category. Over forty years later, the U.S is still waging a war on drugs, spending billions of dollars per year and creating major social issues.
Marijuana is so popular that an An estimated one out of every three people in the US have tried it. Around 44% of US high school students have smoked it. Marijuana users are not easily detectable, nor is the drug just used in one area of the body. society. The.
Nadelmann, Ethan A. “U. S. Drug Policy: A Bad Export,” Foreign Policy No. 70 (1988): 83-108
Another very common, but not really spoke of way, is through underground tunnels. Although it is an unusual way, it is still very common. These tunnels can vary in size, some of them are longer than others. Since 1990, approximately 100 have been found. Not only does drugs come through the tunnels, but also immigrants. “The U.S border patrol that 18 tunnels were found in Arizona during the 2009 fiscal year that just finished at the end of September (Potter). At the beginning of finding tunnels, they were not very big or wide. However, now, each and every time federal agents find a tunnel, they are bigger and more sophisticated. These tunnels find new ways of improving and become trickier to find and easier to get into. Some of these tunnels they had found had lighting, railings, and even air conditioner, “[In one account] Even a large elevator leading to a closet in a modest house in Tijuana, United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy said (Perez, Pena). Another account, there was one found that was 83 feet long. It had wooden floorings along with wooden walls, and it also had a ventilation system that came out from a hose. On the last account, this specific tunnel was 40 feet below and approximately 1968.50 feet long. This tunnel also lighting, railing and air conditioning. They used the railings so when they loaded their drugs in Mexico, they could use a pull system to get all of it efficiently in warehouses. Very often, tunnels will either be very close together in packs, or could be spread hundred of miles apart. While discovering the tunnels, on one account they have found seven tons of marijuana and close to a ton of
...ssures to be the best they can be academically. With all these pressures of adolescence on the rise, more and more teens are falling prey to the alluring “high” that allows a temporary leave from their problems and stress. Because teens lack the maturity and knowledge to understand long term consequences, they tend not to think about the down falls that they will face as a result of the drug use. This is especially true when it come to marijuana, as it is seen by so many as the harmless drug. With the increased use of marijuana by youth over the last three decades, it is imperative that better preventative measures, and firmer penalties, be put in place to educate and raise awareness concerning the risks and dangerous side effects that marijuana use can have. Only once society has put these preventative measures in to action, will there be an effective change seen.