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International drug routes. Panamanian motor vessel Gatun during the largest cocaine bust in US Coast Guard history (totalling 20 tons, worth over 600 million USD), off the coast of Panama. The US federal government is an opponent of the illegal drug trade; however, state laws vary greatly and in some cases contradict federal laws.
The illegal drug trade, drug trafficking, or narcotrafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of prohibited drugs. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license , of many types of drugs through the use of drug prohibition laws .
Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the United States behind cannabis, [17] and the U.S. is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. [18] In 2020, the state of Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize cocaine. [19] [20] This new law prevents people with small amounts of cocaine from facing jail time.
For years, neighboring countries accused Assad's Syria of being the world's main supplier of the illegal drug. In March 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned several Syrians for their ...
Shier said drug trafficking is a source of enormous amounts of crime not directly related to the transfer of illegal drugs — trafficking causes a significant increase in violence.
It also maintains List I of chemicals and List II of chemicals, which contain chemicals that are used to manufacture the controlled substances/illicit drugs. The list is designated within the Controlled Substances Act [1] but can be modified by the U.S. Attorney General as illegal manufacturing practices change.
Drug warriors, in short, should not get credit for reducing overdoses. But they do deserve a large share of the blame for creating a situation in which an annual toll of more than 100,000 deaths ...
The drug policy in the United States is the activity of the federal government relating to the regulation of drugs. Starting in the early 1900s, the United States government began enforcing drug policies. These policies criminalized drugs such as opium, morphine, heroin, and cocaine outside of medical use.