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...