What can the govern. do to prevent drug trafficking?
155050
Well we shouldn't have supported the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan, since the Taliban outlawed the production of opium in their controlled territories.  Meanwhile land under the supervision of the NA produced ninety percent of the opium in Afghanistan, which is shipped throughout Europe and the United States.
387318
Well of course, by criminalizing the drug trade you force it to organize along certain guidlines, even if you legalize the drug trade it would then still be organized by the government. Im an American and the government is the biggest drug dealer i have ever seen.
131306
How do you stop these? You have a fair system of government and this will be avoided.
145939
Laws about the transportation of controlled substances.
1015974
1.They only develop things for the drug trade.  The road that the drug runners use is a brand new four lane super highway.  All the other roads are dirt.\n2.The drug trade is illegal, so if your in it, your breaking all sorts of laws both international and lots of countries.  And once you break a law all the time it's a slippery slope to break any law.\n3.They don't bother doing anything else....they can make tons on the drugs, easily, so why bother with other things.
777547
less people in jail (saves taxes, saves police work)\n\nbeing able to tax the sales like we do for alcohol and tobacco\n\nallowing farmers to grow it and get paid for it\n\nallowing stores to sell it and make a profit\n\ntake away revenue for street thugs and gangs\n\ntake away revenue for drug lords all over the world\n\nprevent people who use it from doing business with hard core bad people who will try to convince them to switch to more profitable, worse drugs like cocaine and crack\n\nreduce violence in the streets among gang members vieing for turf to sell it\n\nallow people who choose to use it to live a dignified, honest life and not be afraid of cops or against them
556616
Well, to avoid confiscation of vehicles in drug trafficking, you would want to use rental cars.
426678
a lot of it is already illegal!  however in this day and age; with a government that is so easily bought off, there is hardly a way to enforce it.
794404
Legalize or at least decriminalize drugs. The examples of other countries who have decriminalized drug use indicates that crime and violence decreases and that alcohol use decreases also.\nThe real reason drugs are illegal is money....and it will never be legalized in the US as long as organized crime keeps greasing the hands of politicians to keep it illegal.
1016094
The best group to call is the State Police, corruption section.  They deal directly with this type of crime.  Outside of this the DEA has jurisdiction over drug cases in the U.S.  They would be very interested in this case and would seriously investigate and prosecute anyone involved.  Send them the proof that you have and they will act.
371527
Legalizing would actually in a sense deter alot of the drug problems facing society today.  If the government legalized and regulated drugs, then it would drive out a lot of the black market competition.  Drugs wouldnt be cut with dangerous fillers, a huge revenue would be opened up to the gov., and also the amount given to users would be regulated much like any other prescription. The gov. has spent a ludicrious amount of money fighting the drug war and drug abuse is still rampant. If the government actually regulated it, all of the drug traffiking problems would go away. However society has been taught that this scenario could never work. Yet look at Amsterdam which legalized many drugs much the same way as I described above. And they have some very very low crime rates. Over there drug use, prostitution, and drug sales is all regulated by the gov.
66928
It's great fot drug smugglers and dealers, and it's good for the law-enforcement industry (and it IS an industry).\n\nApart from that, it's largely ineffective.  \n\nLegalization would drive prices down; taxation would regulate usage and fund treatment for  addicts.  And just think of all the prison cells vacated for violent criminals!
357517
Organized crime and drug trafficking are synonomous.\nIn today's drug trafficking everyone involved will eventually come under the control of organized crime,although drug trafficking is at its inception organized crime unto its own.\nOrganized crime, drug trafficking, and political protection are a scourge within our society that needs to be eliminated by each and every one of us.\nIdentify, report, and destroy, Aye!  Jose
927683
Yes it would probably solve part of the problem.  Because legally constituted businesses could take control of the drug trade then the mafias behind the drug traffic would have a hard time subsisting.
807247
The war on drugs has done nothing except create the black market for drugs, imprisoned many people that have not done any harm to any one and wasted billions and billions of tax dollars.\n\nThis black market is extremely profitable and as such enables criminals to buy assault weapons that they use to "defend" their market zone from competitors. This is where drive by shootings come in and where the little kids are getting shot in the crossfire.\n\nFor the police it is an excuse to violate the rights of anyone they suspect of possession or sale of drugs. If they turn out to be wrong, they just plant some drugs on you that they seized from their last bust.\n\nIf you want to reduce gang violence in the long run, legalize drugs, it eliminates the income source for them to finance their weapons supplies.\n\nIf you want to eliminate 30-40 billion dollars per year out of the budget, legalize drugs and dissolve the DEA, eliminate the need for our troops to be conducting operations in Columbia and elsewhere.\n\nIt cost the taxpayers a minimum of $30,000 per year to keep someone convicted of nothing more than possession or sale of a controlled substance locked up in prison. These people have not committed a violent offense and have harmed no one.\n\nEnd the insanity of drug prohibition.
573418
Having worked in a half-way house for ex-offenders, I learned that long sentences don't always discourage illegal behavior.  Especially in drug dealing.  Many of them consider it just a "cost of doing business."  Also, the "King Pins" quiet often use young children to do the dirty work while I DON'T justify dealers, just the opposite, many times the authorities will make a plea agreement with the lower echelons to get further up the ladder.  The real solution is EDUCATING the public so as to eliminate the demand for the drugs in the first place.  How many questions come through here seeking ways to obtain, use or get out from under charges of drug use?  As long as people are unwilling to face life, as is, then there will be dealers and "King Pins."  There are always predators seeking to take advantage of the weak.
846354
As long as there is a law against it, something must follow the breaking of the law. I feel the law needs to be changed and make it legal, however a small fine or working in the community would meet my needs.\nNOTE I am not a person who has ever used and illegal drugs, but I do think the laws reach out too far.