(Swanson, 2006 body A Para. 2)” With the growing problem drug dealers have been able to get around our national security and smuggle illegal drugs into our nation and plague our communities. “Use of and trafficking in illegal drugs is a problem of international scale. The United States is especially familiar with the world drug problem: consumption of illegal drugs in the United States is measured in metric tons, 6 and current budget allocations aimed at curbing drug use and trafficking exceed $12 billion (Swanson 2006) “. Over a half of century the United States has seen a dramatic increase of different types of drugs making its way into the nations streets, these different type of drugs include but are not limited to marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and more.
In 2010 alone, 25,000 lives have been claimed and the number is still growing steadily (Beaubien). Over the course of the year 2008, more Mexicans perished in the Mexican war on drug cartels than Americans that have died in Iraq since 2003 (Corchado). Bloody scenes such as the 55 bodies pulled out of an abandoned silver mine turned cartel body dumping in Taxco, Mexico, have become all too real for the Mexican people (Corchado). It is estimated that currently in Mexico some 600,000 people are involved in organized crime, whether they be foot soldiers, hit men, marijuana farmers, smugglers, money launders, or kingpins (Corchado). When the Mexican Military decides to get involved in matters of trying to suppress cartel violence, things often get worse: much worse.
Drug Trafficking in the United States Jason Reed ENG122 English Composition Instructor McKenna September 23, 2012 Drug Trafficking in the United States Over forty years ago, the world declared the war on drugs. Today, after decades of failing to control drug consumption, the drug problem has emerged and allowed violent drug traffickers to expand their networks and corrupt even more Mexican and American government officials. The use of violence by traffickers against authorities and witnesses represents a major challenge to the neighboring countries as the ultimate guarantor of law and order within their borders. This in turn, has allowed drug cartels to move illegal narcotics freely throughout Mexico in an attempt to smuggle them
Such pervasive corruption denigrates and demoralizes all law enforcers and causes disrespect for law among citizens.The distractive effects of the drug war on law enforcement indirectly but profoundly encourage crime. In many cities, half or more of arrests are for drugs or related crimes, expending police resources and energy that might otherwise be available for domestic violence, fraud and other serious offenses. As a consequence, all criminals have a much better chance of escaping detection and punishment than if drugs were legal. (Duke, Steven B. Dec. 1993). The drug war also deeply undercuts the role of incarceration in dealing with people convicted of such serious crimes as child molesting, rape, kidnaping and homicide.
Essay Assignment The border between the United States and Mexico should be closed due to the high levels of crime and the negative impact on our economic and social wellbeing that the increasing levels of illegal immigration have been associated with. When I watch the news, I always hear something negative regarding the border between the United States and Mexico. There are extremely high levels of crime along the U.S. and Mexican border. Drug trafficking is one of the biggest issues we are facing. The drugs include marijuana, cocaine, and heroin.
It took Mexico another 34 years to declare the war on drugs in 2006 by President Felipe Calderon. This caused more violence to erupt in many cities of mexico. Many more Mexican street gangs joined the infamous cartels and started making Mexico very unsave. “ The drug cartels have been around since the 1940’s with an estimated 80 small to medium sized cartels operating in the country now.” (Fox) The war is mostly between the rival cartels fighting for drug trafficking areas. This is far more a war, than just a border problem.
Drug Trafficking in the United States Shiann Allshouse ENG122: English Composition II Marsha Beckwith-Howard November 4, 2012 Drug Trafficking in the United States Drug law enforcement agencies face daily challenges in protecting the country's borders from drug traffickers trying to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States. This has been an ongoing problem for many years. Despite the efforts of the law enforcement, the amount of illegal drugs coming into the United States continues to grow. The two most common illegal drugs that drug traffickers try to get pass the border are methamphetamine and crack cocaine. The various ways of transporting the illegal drugs into the United States include concealing
Drivers are arrested daily, some being first time offenders while many are repeat offenders. Although laws differ from state to state here is a typical routine facing repeat offenders “Getting an attorney in hopes of getting a reduced a reduced sentence or pleading to a reduced charge is a waste of time and money in many states. The penalties that the judge must impose are mandated by state law. In some states even first offenders may be facing license suspensions and a weekend in jail” is quite lenient in my opinion. “Many states have passed a Habitual violator law, which provide felony penalties for three Dui convictions.
Drug Trafficking in the United States ENG 122: English Composition II Professor June 18, 2012 Drug trafficking remains the single most important activity for organized criminal groups in the Americas. This includes trafficking of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs. The trafficking and consumption destabilizes nearly every country that forms part of the production and distribution chain. Some of these countries are facing challenges that are, in some ways, bigger those of their prolonged civil wars. Without the resources or knowledge, the governments of these nations are succumbing to powerful mega-structures that are able to subordinate poorly paid civil servants and buy off large portions of the
Another large influence is crime as it becomes increasingly more dangerous to get to the U.S through Mexico because of drug cartels. So many potential illegal immigrants are deterred by the risk of being knapped or