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The Drug Enforcement Agency has tried to limit the drug trafficking problem coming from countries south of the U.S. The southern hemisphere has given the U.S. a really hard time with the international drug trade. Where do drugs come from? Most of the marijuana Smuggling routes that come into the United States come from the south. Columbia is one of the main contributors to the problems of the drug war. Not only does Columbia sell cocaine to the United States, it also sells marijuana. Columbia is responsible for over eighty percent of the cocaine distribution around the world. In Columbia cocaine production is the leading export and moneymaker of the economy. A major reason for this production and selling of drugs in Columbia is the Columbian Drug Cartel.

The cartel is a worldwide organization that makes and sells drugs to make a profit. The reason they are so powerful in Columbia, besides the fact that it brings so much money into the economy, is that the cartel "buys out" the government. The cartel pays out about one hundred million dollars a year to the government to keep the law enforcement on their side. Besides the law enforcement, the cartel has an army of their own so that makes them more powerful than if they

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If anything they have made it harder for the dealers to bring it into the country. With the new technology and the state-of-the-art defense systems the United States and other countries has slowed down the drug trafficking. These spot checks are useful because most police departments know the roads that are mostly traveled by immigrants and international travelers. Another reason why dogs are so useful is that they can get where most humans can't.

There are many ways to smuggle drugs into the country, and there are some so-called "normal" ways of smuggling drugs into a country, but when there is normal there has to be "abnormal. This method has gotten old in airports, rail stations, and docks because they have dogs that are trained to sniff out the drugs on and with people. has invested millions and millions of dollars in controlling the drug trade and they have done a Farley decent job at it. Tighten up on border and customs control and leave the drugs out of the country. " Some normal techniques that drug smugglers use is to tape them to your leg or your body if it is for personal use or if it is just for small sale. They have made it so hard that many people have started to grow and make the drugs at home.

CIA agents estimate that drug trafficking from Mexico is on the incline.

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