The Civil War in the United States being a blood-soaked war, was just one of the few that the United States would be involved in . With cartels coming from all over the world, Mexico, for example, has one of the bloodiest wars due to drug trafficking. This Drug War has been going on for over a decade, for 46 years now since President Nixon, in 1971 first declared war on drugs. Should the United States have involvement in worldwide drug trafficking wars? This is a very debated question among many Americans. The United States should have support from the United Nations to have involvement in the attempt of decreasing drug distribution throughout the world because it has been proven that there has been a reduction in organized crimes, less drug …show more content…
This is a great and successful business for them. Drug trafficking being a worldwide business has led to becoming the “world’s primary revenue source for organized crime and the illicit drug industry now accounts for an estimated $320 billion dollars annually” (The International Drug War). Many would wonder, where does all the money found in drug busts go afterwards? Answer is, the money is divided among the department that did the bust and with the Department of Justice or the Department of Treasury, it all depends on what agency made the bust. The money is used towards improving the equipment for police training, for DEA improvement, etc. “We’re able to buy these things earlier than have to wait for the whole process of raising funds to buy the equipment..” this statement was given by Laura Garcia, she is the manager of administrative services for the Texan Police Department (Dirty Money Manning). An El Paso Assistant Police Chief Jerome Johnson explained that officials don’t focus on cartels that have a great amount of money, because that would be very unprofessional, but they go for the ones are a great threat to society’s everyday lives. Their focus is trying to bring down the bad guys down, not what cartel has the most money. Drug trafficking has a great impact on the United States overall economy, matter of fact of the whole global