War on Drugs

By: Anthony Hallgren

 Cocaine had a global retail value of $85 billion

Heroin valued at around $55 billion
Marijuana around $141 billion

Approximate Market Size

 Recreational drug use increases

Mainly among college students
Operation Intercept

The 1960s

 Marijuana use carried over

Speed, amphetamines became more popular
Cocaine was on the rise

The 1970s

 Medellin Cartel
Pablo Escobar
Near complete control

Rise of the Cartels

 Just Say No and Dare

Rise of crack cocaine

The 1980s

 Pablo Escobar killed in 1993

Major marijuana and meth crackdowns

The 1990s

 $20-25 billion a year on counternarcotics

1.56 million arrested for drug violations in 2014

United States
Involvement

 Most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world

Lead by Joaquin Guzman

Sinaloa Cartel

Cars
Boats
Planes
Submarines
People
T-shirt cannon

Smuggling Methods

 Over the past 5 years, nearly 48,000 people killed

Not including 5,000 who have disappeared

Cartel Violence

 Each decade, a new drug rises to prominence

Government spends a lot for little success in resistance
Cartels getting more creative

Summary

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