The International and Domestic Similarities of Drug Trafficking

Abstract

The military has fought the Drug War for nearly 40 years. It started because of the epidemic drug use of the 1970s across the country. This paper will show that the United States is no better off today than they were 35 years ago. The military standard to measure success is effects based results, which according to the militarys risk vs. reward concept the Drug Wars results are a failure. America is paying a heavy price because of the effects of illicit drug use in America and Americas policy on drug eradication may actually increase international communitys support for terrorism. There is a counter argument on the positive effects and finally a section on current and future strategies for the military in the War on Drugs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 28, 2007
Accession Number
AD1117793

Entities

People

  • Angelo Lindsey

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • California
  • Colombia
  • Communities
  • Congress
  • Continents
  • Domestic
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Interdiction
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Interdiction
  • International Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Standards
  • National Security
  • North America
  • Security
  • Social Problems
  • Societies
  • Standards
  • Street Drugs
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

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