Sociology: What can be said about the market?
In the book Illicit Trafficking: A Reference Handbook, Robert J. Kelly, Jess Maghan, and Joseph Serio state, "Despite decades of intesified eradication programs and aggressive drug control and enforcement efforts, more drugs are being produced and distributed" (55). A fair examination made, but what's behind the scenes?
Epidemiology: The patterns of illicit drug market
hierarchies and what dealers the law enforcement
target
Trend Analysis: Trends examined in the
market and how drugs are most commonly sold
Location Technique: How these markets choose
their locations and where markets are located worldwide
Drugs, Inc.
An Israeli dealer, 'Gocha,' explains in Drugs, Inc.," It's (Haggadot, Hebrew for "party") made in Israel and shipped all over the world. They're making a lot of product, selling it, and the big money goes to cocktails and druglords."
Gocha further explains, "This is easy man, it's easy money. I know the risks, I'm taking the risks, but I'm also taking the money." Well, Gocha isn't the only one who is taking the money... |
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Worldometer cites, from the United Nations' 1988 publication
"Economic and Social Consequences of Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking," that
the spending on illegal drugs boasts
$400,000,000,000 per year...
which thins out to roughly
$1,095,890,411 a day
"Economic and Social Consequences of Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking," that
the spending on illegal drugs boasts
$400,000,000,000 per year...
which thins out to roughly
$1,095,890,411 a day
.
Drugs, Inc- Designer Drug Dealer. Dir. NationalGeographic. National Geographic, 2012. Television. YouTube. YouTube, 03 Feb. 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012
"Drug Statistics - Worldometers." Drug Statistics - Worldometers. Worldometers, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012
Kelly, Robert J., Jess Maghan, and Joseph Serio. Illicit Trafficking: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005. Print.
Drugs, Inc- Designer Drug Dealer. Dir. NationalGeographic. National Geographic, 2012. Television. YouTube. YouTube, 03 Feb. 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012
"Drug Statistics - Worldometers." Drug Statistics - Worldometers. Worldometers, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012
Kelly, Robert J., Jess Maghan, and Joseph Serio. Illicit Trafficking: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005. Print.