Drug Trafficking In The United States
Drug Trafficking in the United States
Alexis Tyse
Eng 122
Prof. Jessica Ruddick
5/12/2012
Drug Trafficking in the United States The scope and nature of the problem for this research paper is Drug Trafficking in the United States. The specific claim is that is the U.S. were able to drastically reduce the amount of drug trafficking, then the amount of people using drugs would have no choice but to decrease because the drugs would be harder to get. Also, if the U.S. were to legalize certain drugs, then the crime rate and abuse would probably decrease as well because the “glitz and glamour” would be gone. (A lot of people seem to want or go after things they shouldn’t, or are illegal). While Drug trafficking brings a lot of money into …show more content…
According to the text, “The existing budget to fight the supply of drugs cannot compete with the limitless resources available to drug traffickers”. (R.Dowd, 1997). Even though the U.S. spends millions of dollars every year on the war against drugs, it’s not enough. Tax payers’ dollars are being used to fight drugs, while the drug traffickers have almost “limitless” resources due to the large amount of their gross income. Drugs that are being trafficked in the U.S. are also giving gangs the upper hand with a lot of different things. Drug cartels have so much money, power, and even respect from people and other gangs that it makes it even more difficult to stop them. As stated in the text: “ The U.S. has implemented many innovative ways to reduce drug trafficking over the last 20 years, but still has not been successful and bringing the number down to a tolerable level”. (D.Baum, …show more content…
The big dilemma for the government is how to exactly stop the drugs from being smuggled in via the U.S. borders. Millions of dollars are spent every year to fund different agencies dedicated specifically to stop drug trafficking, drug use, and criminal activity related to drugs. The Mexican border is one of the largest for drugs. According to the article:“Mexican cartels allegedly have used their vast financial resources to corrupt Mexican public officials who either turn a blind eye to cartel activities or work directly for them.” ( Cook, C. Q. (2007, October). That is another major problem because if the people who are suppose to be stopping the trafficking are helping the cartels, then that sets everything back even more. Creechan (2006) notes that, "Drug cartels in Mexico control approximately 70% of the foreign narcotics that flow into the United States." So if the Mexican cartel controls over half, and has help from corrupt police officials, it may seem that drug trafficking has been going on for too long and has too much corruption to be
Alexis Tyse
Eng 122
Prof. Jessica Ruddick
5/12/2012
Drug Trafficking in the United States The scope and nature of the problem for this research paper is Drug Trafficking in the United States. The specific claim is that is the U.S. were able to drastically reduce the amount of drug trafficking, then the amount of people using drugs would have no choice but to decrease because the drugs would be harder to get. Also, if the U.S. were to legalize certain drugs, then the crime rate and abuse would probably decrease as well because the “glitz and glamour” would be gone. (A lot of people seem to want or go after things they shouldn’t, or are illegal). While Drug trafficking brings a lot of money into …show more content…
According to the text, “The existing budget to fight the supply of drugs cannot compete with the limitless resources available to drug traffickers”. (R.Dowd, 1997). Even though the U.S. spends millions of dollars every year on the war against drugs, it’s not enough. Tax payers’ dollars are being used to fight drugs, while the drug traffickers have almost “limitless” resources due to the large amount of their gross income. Drugs that are being trafficked in the U.S. are also giving gangs the upper hand with a lot of different things. Drug cartels have so much money, power, and even respect from people and other gangs that it makes it even more difficult to stop them. As stated in the text: “ The U.S. has implemented many innovative ways to reduce drug trafficking over the last 20 years, but still has not been successful and bringing the number down to a tolerable level”. (D.Baum, …show more content…
The big dilemma for the government is how to exactly stop the drugs from being smuggled in via the U.S. borders. Millions of dollars are spent every year to fund different agencies dedicated specifically to stop drug trafficking, drug use, and criminal activity related to drugs. The Mexican border is one of the largest for drugs. According to the article:“Mexican cartels allegedly have used their vast financial resources to corrupt Mexican public officials who either turn a blind eye to cartel activities or work directly for them.” ( Cook, C. Q. (2007, October). That is another major problem because if the people who are suppose to be stopping the trafficking are helping the cartels, then that sets everything back even more. Creechan (2006) notes that, "Drug cartels in Mexico control approximately 70% of the foreign narcotics that flow into the United States." So if the Mexican cartel controls over half, and has help from corrupt police officials, it may seem that drug trafficking has been going on for too long and has too much corruption to be