The Role Of Drug Trafficking In The United States
The U.S. Department of the United States regularly charges increase of illegal drug market, its tendencies and improvements. Knowing whether people of the United States consume exact amount of illegal substances is important for measuring the effect of current legislation. In addition, having information about relative amount of drug users contributes to strategic planning of state bodies in development of policies aimed to limit distribution of drugs. According to recent estimations of “RAND”, the national consumption of drugs in the United States has decreased but 50 percent since 2006 to 2010. Besides, the experts observe rise of the interest among nationals to consumption of marijuana. This interests rate has reflected in 30 percent increase in consumption rates. With that, heroin consumption has relatively stable rates with no sharp fluctuations in needs of the ordinary Americans. The illegal drug use and distribution remains one of the main social challenges of the United States. It is hard to state when the beginning of the illegal drug trade was started. In twentieth century the government of the United
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However, these efforts are not sufficient as even new countries join to drug trafficking across the borders of the United States. The illegal drugs trade causes several social and economic effects. In addition to the drains of economy and state budget, the extensive consumption of illegal drug use causes several severe diseases. Given the direct responsibility of the government to protect interests and life of its nationals, the government of the United States can not afford itself to pay no attention to suicide, homicide and other consequences of drug use. In addition to this fact, it should be noted that the country still faces difficulties with measuring of the definite amount of drugs arriving to the
However, these efforts are not sufficient as even new countries join to drug trafficking across the borders of the United States. The illegal drugs trade causes several social and economic effects. In addition to the drains of economy and state budget, the extensive consumption of illegal drug use causes several severe diseases. Given the direct responsibility of the government to protect interests and life of its nationals, the government of the United States can not afford itself to pay no attention to suicide, homicide and other consequences of drug use. In addition to this fact, it should be noted that the country still faces difficulties with measuring of the definite amount of drugs arriving to the