effects of drug trafficking in the united states
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- How Drug Trafficking Effects the United States. Drug trafficking in the United States has established itself to be one of the most profitable businesses in today’s world (U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, 2004).There is such a high demand as more people buy, use and sell drugs for a variety of reasons, not really knowing all the risk that are at stake.he country’s borders make the most important part in the process of reducing drug trafficking in the U.S. Drug law enforcement agencies face enormous challenges when it comes to protecting the country’s borders because drugs are brought in the U.S. through a variety of ways, and through diverse groups.
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- Accidents and Injuries:Drug distorts your perception and thoughts and it would make you do unwarranted acts that you would not do normally. Drugs can increase your chances of getting seriously injured or losing your life through falls and road accidents and can even pose a threat or cause harm to others around you.
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- Mr. Rivero gave startling statistics about human trafficking worldwide, in the United States, and here in Utah. A major similarity that occurs in all of the statistics is the occurrence of sexual violence. About 90% of human trafficking victims are sexually assaulted during their lives.he statistics on human trafficking are staggering, and illustrate the magnitude of the problem both at home and abroad. In the United States, human trafficking is a $9.8 billion per year industry with roughly 300,000 underage girls being sold for sex in the United States each year.
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What Is Human Trafficking? Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked in countries around the world, including the United States. It is estimated that human trafficking generates many billions of dollars of profit per year, second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable form of transnational crime.
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The Benefits and Costs of Drug Use Prevention The United States has for some time now been spending tens of billions of dollars a year in an attempt to control the trafficking and use of illicit drugs; most of those dollars have been used to support stricter enforcement. Few people, however, would claim that America's drug problem has been solved.
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Alcohol, Drugs and Crime Alcohol, Drugs and Crime. The use of alcohol and drugs can negatively affect all aspects of a person’s life, impact their family, friends and community, and place an enormous burden on American society. One of the most significant areas of risk with the use of alcohol and drugs is the connection between alcohol, drugs and crime.
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Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in the United States Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in the United States. To some in the United States, “child trafficking and sexual exploitation” may evoke the image of back alleyways or dirty brothels in some faraway country. In reality, the pervasiveness of the issue is much greater here in the United States than is oftentimes imagined.
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- Prescription drug abuse, while most prevalent in the US, is a problem in many areas around the world including Europe, Southern Africa and South Asia. In the US alone, more than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs, more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin.
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- Mexican production of all three of these drugs has increased since 2005, as has the amount of drugs seized at the southwest border, according to the U.S. Department of Justice [PDF]. More than 90 percent of cocaine now travels through Mexico into the United States, up from 77 percent in 2003.Officials estimate that the drug trade makes up 3 to 4 percent of Mexico's $1.2 trillion annual GDP—totaling as much as $30 billion—and employs at least half a million people.exican production of all three of these drugs has increased since 2005, as has the amount of drugs seized at the southwest border, according to the U.S. Department of Justice [PDF]. More than 90 percent of cocaine now travels through Mexico into the United States, up from 77 percent in 2003.
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10 Ways the Drug War Is Causing Massive Collateral Damage to Our Society From racial injustice to flawed foreign policy, the war on drugs causes harm on many fronts. The war on drugs is America’s longest war. It has been 40-plus years since Nixon launched our modern “war on drugs” and yet drugs are as plentiful as ever. While the idea that we can have a “drug-free society” is laughable, the disastrous consequences of our drug war are dead serious. While it might not be obvious, the war on drugs touches and destroys so many of the issues we care about and the values we hold. Below are 10 collateral consequences of the drug war and reasons we need to find an exit strategy from this unwinnable war.
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Race and the Drug War African Americans serve almost as much time in federal prison for a drug offense as whites do for a violent offense. The drug war has produced profoundly unequal outcomes across racial groups, manifested through racial discrimination by law enforcement and disproportionate drug war misery suffered by communities of color.
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When It Comes To Illegal Drug Use, White America Does The Crime, Black America Gets The Time Posted: 09/17/2013 2:26 pm EDT Updated: 09/18/2013 10:43 am EDT. White Americans are more likely than black Americans to have used most kinds of illegal drugs, including cocaine, marijuana and LSD. Yet blacks are far more likely to go to prison for drug offenses.This discrepancy forms the backdrop of a new legislative proposal in California, which aims to reduce the disproportionate incarceration of black people in the state. Supporters of the bill, SB 649, point to some striking national data.till, blacks are arrested for drug possession more than three times as often as whites, according to a 2009 report from the advocacy group Human Rights Watch.
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Effects of Drug Abuse on the Body Prescription pain killers are among the most commonly abused drugs. Legal or illegal, drug abuse results in medical consequences: cancers, cirrhosis of the liver, heart disease and stroke, HIV, hepatitis and lung disease, to name a few.
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Harsh Punishments for Drug Use in Southeast Asia Indonesian drug laws prescribe the death penalty for narcotics trafficking and up 20 years in prison for marijuana offenses. Simple possession of Group 1 drugs results in prison terms of four to twelve years. More on Indonesia's drug laws here: Drug Laws in Bali and the Rest of Indonesia. Drug Laws in Laos.
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D rug Trafficking Organizations Drug trafficking organizations. Drug trafficking organizations are defined by the United States Department of Justice as, complex organizations with highly defined command-and-control structures that produce, transport, and/or distribute large quantities of one or more illicit drugs..
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The Human Tragedy of Illegal Immigration: Greater Efforts Needed to Combat Smuggling and Violence Latin America and the Caribbean: Illicit Drug Trafficking and U.S. Counterdrug Programs Congressional Research Service 16 underlying societal problems that have allowed the drug trade to flourish in Mexico.
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Drug Trafficking Facts Penalties associated with drug possession or Drug Trafficking are exponentially increased in the event that the offense takes place within a school zone. Corruption of a Minor: The exploitation or manipulation of a child or minor as a result of lewd, elicit, or corrupting activities.
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Human trafficking in the United States Human trafficking is the modern form of slavery, with illegal smuggling and trading of people, for forced labor or sexual exploitation.ccording to the U.S. Department of Justice, Atlanta, Georgia is one of the nation’s largest hubs for human trafficking. Atlanta, Georgia is the No. 1 Major hub of human and sex trafficking in the United States; there are over 200 active brothels in Atlanta with two new opening each month.
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Combined Police Effort in Queen Anneâs County Results in Takedown of Four Separate Drug Trafficking Organizations March 17, 2016. (Queen Anne’s County, MD) – A combined law enforcement effort led to multiple arrests and the takedown of four separate drug trafficking organizations operating throughout Queen Anne’s County, all of which are believed to have been heavily involved in the distribution of heroin, cocaine, and prescription pills.
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- SEA heroin shipments destined for U.S. markets may transit through China, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, or South Korea. Largely independent U.S.-based ethnic Chinese traffickers control distribution within the United States, principally in the Northeast and along the East Coast.omestic methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse are concentrated in the western, southwestern, and midwestern United States. Methamphetamine is also increasingly available in portions of the South and eastern United States, especially Georgia and Florida.
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Alcohol, Drugs and Crime Alcohol and drugs are implicated in an estimated 80% of offenses leading to incarceration in the United States such as domestic violence, driving while intoxicated, property offenses, drug offenses, and public-order offenses.
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Drug Trafficking Penalties Drug trafficking penalties are generally quite severe. However, some drug trafficking charges will result in more serious penalties than other types of drug trafficking charges. The severity of the penalties usually depends on what type of drug or controlled substance is being trafficked.
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Magnitude Drug abuse is a major public health problem that impacts society on multiple levels. Directly or indirectly, every community is affected by drug abuse and addiction, as is every family. Drugs take a tremendous toll on our society at many levels. Approximate Costs of Substance Abuse in. the U.S.
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Watch How Quickly The War On Drugs Changed America's Prison Population More than half of America's federal inmates today are in prison on drug convictions. In 2009 alone, 1.66 million Americans were arrested on drug charges, more than were arrested on assault or larceny charges.And 4 of 5 of those arrests were simply for possession.he War on Drugs, which led to long prison sentences for drug offenders, is largely considered a massive failure that led to prison overcrowding without significantly changing U.S. drug abuse rates.
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The 20 Countries with the Harshest Drug Laws in the World United States drug laws are often considered harsh, but the penalties for carrying or trafficking drugs in other countries, particularly those in Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia, can be much more severe. Here are twenty countries in which you do not want to be caught carrying or selling drugs.