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The Ba'athist government of Syria ruled by the Al-Assad family is known for its extensive involvement in drug trade since the 1970s. As of 2022, the Syrian government financed the biggest multi-billion dollar drug trade in the world, mostly focused on an illegal drug known as Captagon, making it the world's largest narco-state. Its revenues ...
Drug trade may refer to: Legal drug trade, the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical drugs; Illegal drug trade, the manufacture and sale of illicit psychoactive substances; Pharmaceutical industry, the manufacture and sale of medical treatment chemicals; Drug distribution, the logistics of delivering drugs from the manufacturer to the consumer
Capital punishment for drug trafficking; Centre de Coordination de la Lutte Anti-drogue en Méditerranée; 1-(2-Chloro-N-methylbenzimidoyl)cyclopentanol; CIA drug trafficking allegations; Clandestine chemistry; Counterfeit illegal drug selling
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 Organization of American States estimated that the revenue for cocaine sales in the US was $34 billion in 2013.
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The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia is a 1972 non-fiction book on heroin trafficking in Southeast Asia and alleged CIA complicity and aid to the Southeast Asian opium/heroin trade. Written by Alfred W. McCoy, the book covers the period from World War II to the Vietnam War.
Legal drug trade, as with other goods object of commerce, in opposition to smuggling or illegal drug trade, most psychotropic substances' commerce is under control and taxation by world governments, regardless of the relative perceived danger of the goods that are the object of legislation.
Being involved in the illegal drug trade in certain countries, which may include illegally importing, exporting, selling or possession of significant amounts of drugs, constitutes a capital offence and may result in capital punishment for drug trafficking, or possession assumed to be for drug trafficking.