The illegal drug trade, drug trafficking or narcotrafficking, has to do with trafficking in drugs i. e. the trading, selling, and the buying of drugs (illicit or illegal drugs) that are banned by the government of a country. It is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, and sale of prohibited drugs. These drugs are banned due to their physical and psychoactive effects on humans. Most often than not, those involved in drug trafficking form a cartel; they have a chain of connections in many countries, highly secretive in nature, have a powerful chain of command, and very rich to the extent that they can even overthrow the government and get rid of any person or group of persons that wants to stand on their way. The money made from such deals is often referred to as illicit or money laundered and punishable by law. The paper looks at the dangers or harms of drug trafficking to individuals and societal health, harms to the economies of nations, the exacerbation of crime and violence, and the possible solution to curb this menace of drug trafficking.
Drug, drug trafficking, crime and violence, drug cartel, money laundering, societal health or wellbeing, drug trafficking routes, drug smuggling, opium wars of China, drug barons
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