Global Drugs Trafficking #4: Distribution of Heroin and Cocaine
This is the fourth and last installment series on the Global Drugs Trafficking. Before, we discussed the basics of drug trade (Discover the Trade, pt. 1), how organic drugs are grown (How to Grow Coca and Opium Poppies, pt. 2), and how the drugs are produced (How Heroin, Cocaine and Meth are Produced, pt. 3). Today, we’ll discuss the distribution of the drugs. After production, the drugs need to be distributed around the world. As is usual for the posts I write on drug trafficking, my source is the UNODC World Drugs Report (2010). Distribution closely linked to demand. Where the demand is, the drugs go. Distribution of Cocaine Cocaine demands are high worldwide. However, there has been a shift in where the drug is in demand. Before (1998), cocaine was...
How Heroin, Cocaine and Meth are Produced – Global Drug Trafficking pt. 3
This is the third post in a five-part series on global drug trafficking. Discover the Trade – Global Drug Trafficking Pt. 1 How to Grow Coca and Opium Poppies – Global Drug Trafficking pt. 2 Today I will explain how heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine are manufactured. I won’t go into exact details because I don’t want to promote the production of any of these drugs, but should you be interested, the instructions are readily available online (which is interesting on its own). Opium, Morphine and Heroin Manufacture In the post on cultivation (part 2), I explained how the plant is grown. When the plant is ready for the production of opium – because that’s what the manufacture begins with – the petals of the flowers fall away to...
How to Grow Coca and Opium Poppies – Global Drug Trafficking pt. 2
This post is part of a blog series about Global Drug Trafficking. Find part one, “Discover the Trade” here. This week, we will discuss the cultivation of the coca plant (cocaine) and the opium poppy (heroin). As designer drugs such as methamphetamine and ecstacy are not cultivated (only organic drugs are), we will not discuss them until the next Global Drug Trafficking post, which will be on the manufacture. The source for all statistical information in these posts is the UNODC – the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime, and in particular the World Drugs Report 2010. Cultivation of the Coca Plant for Cocaine Coca (Erothroxylum Coca) is a plant native to western South America. It has always played a big role in Andean culture, where it is used...
Discover the Trade – Global Drug Trafficking Pt. 1
This is the first post in a new five-part series on Global Drug Trafficking. The following posts will be (consecutively) Production, Manufacture, Distribution and Sale. Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade. UNOCD (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) continuously monitors the global drug market to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics within the trade. These posts will be supported mainly with information retrieved from the UNODC website. First I will explain some general facts in this post, so you might better understand the global drug trade. What are drugs? Drugs are substances that, when absorbed into the body, alter normal bodily function. As you can see, that is an extremely wide variety of substances. Caffeine, cigarettes,...
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