One of the biggest problems America faces today is that almost all forms of illicit drug use is associated with other forms of criminality. There are a number of illicit drugs throughout America. In 2009, there were about 9.2 million users of illicit drugs (Public Order and Drug Crimes, 2012, p. 335). Marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and LSD are amongst the most popular sold and consumed by people. Drugs not only can be addictive and have lasting physical and mental effects on someone, but it can be extremely costly. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) estimated that in 2000 alone, $64.8 billion was spent to purchase illegal drugs (Public Order and Drug Crimes, 2012, p. 338). The ONDCP’s mission is to establish
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Mr. Big is a strategy that deals with drug trafficking and use. Its principal operational objective is to reach high levels of the drug distribution system (Moore & Kleiman, 1989). They may use informants, wiretaps, or undercover cops to obtain information and try to cease the distribution and use. The DEA also created a program that identifies the geographic source of a heroin sample. They follow heroin by taking the samples they seize to a lab for testing. They then look to detect certain chemical characteristics to help identify what country or area the heroin is coming from. From this program they have learned that 62% of heroin comes from South America, 17% in Southeast Asia, 16% in Southwest Asia, and 5% in Mexico (Moore & Kleiman, …show more content…
Unfortunately, in 2006, 1.9 million people were arrested for drug law violations in the United States (Public Order and Drug Crimes, 2012). When roughly there were about 300 million people in the United States. Federal agents seized about 322,438 kilograms of marijuana, 69,826 kilograms of cocaine, and 805 kilograms of heroin in 2006 (Gettman, 2007). Interdiction was formed, which is an international drug control policy aimed at stopping drugs from entering the country illegally. The government’s control budget in 2008 was estimated around $12.961 billion billions of dollars are being spent to stop and control our countries drug issues, but terrifyingly the issues are just
Mr. Big is a strategy that deals with drug trafficking and use. Its principal operational objective is to reach high levels of the drug distribution system (Moore & Kleiman, 1989). They may use informants, wiretaps, or undercover cops to obtain information and try to cease the distribution and use. The DEA also created a program that identifies the geographic source of a heroin sample. They follow heroin by taking the samples they seize to a lab for testing. They then look to detect certain chemical characteristics to help identify what country or area the heroin is coming from. From this program they have learned that 62% of heroin comes from South America, 17% in Southeast Asia, 16% in Southwest Asia, and 5% in Mexico (Moore & Kleiman, …show more content…
Unfortunately, in 2006, 1.9 million people were arrested for drug law violations in the United States (Public Order and Drug Crimes, 2012). When roughly there were about 300 million people in the United States. Federal agents seized about 322,438 kilograms of marijuana, 69,826 kilograms of cocaine, and 805 kilograms of heroin in 2006 (Gettman, 2007). Interdiction was formed, which is an international drug control policy aimed at stopping drugs from entering the country illegally. The government’s control budget in 2008 was estimated around $12.961 billion billions of dollars are being spent to stop and control our countries drug issues, but terrifyingly the issues are just