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when inspected by the US DEA  The illegal drug trade is a
worldwide black market consisting of production, distribution,
packaging, and sale of illegal psychoactive substances. The
illegality of the black markets purveying the drug trade is
relative to geographic location, and the producing countries of
the drug markets (many South American, Far East, and Middle East
countries) are not as inclined to have "zero-tolerance" policies
as the consuming countries of the drug trade (mostly the United
States and Europe).   The economic reality of the massive
profiteering inherent to the drug trade serves to extend its
reach despite the best efforts of law enforcement agencies
worldwide. In the wake of this reality, the social consequences
(crime, violence, imprisonment, social unrest) of the drug trade
are undeniably problematic. The solution to the problems of
illegal drug trafficking lies not in to