ENGLISH WORKSHOP

BY: BRAYAN QUINTEROALEJANDRO MUÑOZ

ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE

ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE

DRUG DEALING IS THE EXCHANGE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS FOR PAYMENT. THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IS A GLOBAL BLACK MARKET DEDICATED TO THE CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF DRUGS THAT ARE

SUBJECT TO DRUG PROHIBITION LAWS. MOST JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT TRADE, EXCEPT UNDER LICENSE, OF MANY TYPES OF DRUGS THROUGH THE USE OF

DRUG PROHIBITION LAWS.

PRINCIPAL IDEAS!!!• CHINESE EDICTS AGAINST OPIUM SMOKING WERE MADE IN 1729, 1796 AND 1800.

ADDICTIVE DRUGS WERE PROHIBITED IN THE WEST IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES

• A UN REPORT HAS STATED THAT "THE GLOBAL DRUG TRADE GENERATED AN ESTIMATED US$321.6 BILLION IN 2003.

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• DRUG TRAFFICKING IS WIDELY REGARDED BY LAWMAKERS AS A SERIOUS OFFENSE AROUND THE WORLD

• PENALTIES OFTEN DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF DRUG (AND ITS CLASSIFICATION IN THE COUNTRY INTO WHICH IT IS BEING TRAFFICKED), THE QUANTITY TRAFFICKED, WHERE THE DRUGS ARE SOLD AND HOW THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED.

PENALTIES

DRUG SMUGGLING CARRIES SEVERE PENALTIES IN MANY COUNTRIES. SENTENCING MAY INCLUDE LENGTHY PERIODS OF INCARCERATION, FLOGGING AND EVEN THE DEATH PENALTY (IN SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA AND ELSEWHERE).

.• COLOMBIA HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN LATIN

AMERICA. WHILE ACTIVE IN THE DRUG TRADE SINCE THE 1930S, COLOMBIA'S ROLE IN THE DRUG TRADE DID NOT TRULY BECOME DOMINANT UNTIL THE 1970S.

• BY THE 1980S, COLOMBIAN CARTELS BECAME THE DOMINANT COCAINE DISTRIBUTORS IN THE US. THIS LED TO THE SPREAD OF INCREASED VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT BOTH LATIN AMERICA AND MIAMI.

• IN THE 1980S, TWO MAJOR DRUG CARTELS EMERGED IN COLOMBIA: THE MEDELLIN AND CALI GROUPS

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THE MOST TRAFFICKED DRUGS ARE:

CANNABIS

ALCOHOL

HEROIN

METHAMPHETAMINE

COCAINE

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• IN MANY COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE, THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IS THOUGHT TO BE DIRECTLY LINKED TO VIOLENT CRIMES SUCH AS MURDER

• THE COUNTRIES OF DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRANSIT ARE SOME OF THE MOST AFFECTED BY THE DRUG TRADE, THOUGH COUNTRIES RECEIVING THE ILLEGALLY IMPORTED SUBSTANCES ARE ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

DRUGS ARE INCREASINGLY TRADE ON-LINE ON THE DARK WEB ON DARKNET MARKETS.

.STATISTICS ABOUT PROFITS FROM THE DRUG TRADE ARE LARGELY UNKNOWN DUE TO ITS ILLICIT NATURE. IN ITS 1997 WORLD DRUGS REPORT THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME ESTIMATED THE VALUE OF THE MARKET AT $4 TRILLION, RANKING DRUGS ALONGSIDE ARMS AND OIL AMONG THE WORLD'S LARGEST TRADED GOODS.