from cultivation and production to
trafficking in usage we’ve got you
covered for all things related to drug
smuggling and its consequences welcome
to watchmojo.com and today is
installment we’re counting down the top
five drug smuggling facts before we
begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be taking a
look at some of the facts related to
drug smuggling and the effect it has on
the various government agencies trying
to eradicate it number five the DEA
makes tons of arrests so far it’s good
if we can get some more drugs back in
the house that’ll be even better icing
on a cake for us the DEA or Drug
Enforcement Administration is the branch
of the US government responsible for
combating the sale distribution and use
of drugs within the United States
founded in 1973 the agency employs over
10,000 people just under half of which
are working as special agents field
operatives tasked with tracking down and
arresting drug smugglers and dealers and
they do a bang-up job amount of coke we
found on this creep that’s capital
punishment some states right oh yeah
they say they’re found in Texas they’re
not trying in fact DEA agents arrest
over 30,000 people every year this is
the equivalent of arresting the entire
population of Walla Walla Washington
number four drugs cost the US healthcare
system billions one of the worst parts
about drug-related crimes is the
financial toll they take on government
agencies that are attempting to
eradicate them take healthcare for
example the US healthcare system spends
over eleven billion dollars annually
treating and caring for drug users while
drug dealers are racking in the dough
the state is spending over eight billion
dollars on inmates locked up for
drug-related crimes these numbers pale
in comparison to the 193 billion dollars
that according to the National Institute
on Drug Abuse is going to crime related
costs and lost work-related productivity
add it all up and you have a massive
financial problem any year we can by
delaying the onset will reduce both the
social consequences of use but also the
costs and the
the disease itself number three
legalization would help the economy you
know we’ve also taken I think a
contemporary approach to governance to
fill a contemporary approach to drug
policy imagine a world where
drug-related arrests are down and state
and provincial revenues are up this
world exists in Colorado California and
six other US states with Canada ready to
follow suit in 2018 why the change of
pace while it turns out that
legalization is great for the economy so
great in fact that the Cato Institute an
American think tank estimates that
legalizing marijuana across the United
States could lead to more than eight
billion dollars in additional sales tax
revenue it will also help eliminate
illegal drug trafficking which in turn
will help people out of prison thus
helping the government save money on
exorbitant inmate housing costs
everyone likes smoking weed they have
for thousands of years they’re not going
to stop anytime soon number two sin
region’s professor certain drugs let’s
do all the drugs
it appears that geographical location
plays a part in which kind of drugs
people are using according to a study
done in the US and published in 2013
marijuana is the most popular drug with
its user making up at least five percent
of the population in every region with
the highest rates of usage being found
in the Pacific West and the Northeast
similarly cocaine is particularly
prevalent in New England crack and
Hallucigenia drug usage is higher in a
South Atlantic region and the Midwest is
quite fond of pain pills while this fact
is solely a reflection of the United
States it is not uncommon for drugs to
be regionally based in other countries
as well number one Colombia is still
number one when it comes to cocaine
let’s get the other crap to finally
don’t pay well so we can’t earn as much
as we can from coca no weather country
in the world is as closely associated
with a particular drug the same way
Colombia is with cocaine Pablo Escobar’s
reign of terror in the 70s and 80s gave
the country a black eye that it’s still
trying to recover from
unfortunately Colombia still has a lot
of work to do as you can ask up by this
condemn some that can see also
controlling them you open an economy in
the 2010s cocaine production and
distribution accounts
1% of the country’s GDP in 2015 the UN
estimated that more than 300,000 of
Colombia’s citizens make their living
from coca leaves
in fact Colombia makes more than 10
billion dollars annually from sale of
cocaine and remains the world’s largest
cocaine producer meaning the country is
still king when it comes to the infamous
white powder do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
trafficking in usage we’ve got you
covered for all things related to drug
smuggling and its consequences welcome
to watchmojo.com and today is
installment we’re counting down the top
five drug smuggling facts before we
begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be taking a
look at some of the facts related to
drug smuggling and the effect it has on
the various government agencies trying
to eradicate it number five the DEA
makes tons of arrests so far it’s good
if we can get some more drugs back in
the house that’ll be even better icing
on a cake for us the DEA or Drug
Enforcement Administration is the branch
of the US government responsible for
combating the sale distribution and use
of drugs within the United States
founded in 1973 the agency employs over
10,000 people just under half of which
are working as special agents field
operatives tasked with tracking down and
arresting drug smugglers and dealers and
they do a bang-up job amount of coke we
found on this creep that’s capital
punishment some states right oh yeah
they say they’re found in Texas they’re
not trying in fact DEA agents arrest
over 30,000 people every year this is
the equivalent of arresting the entire
population of Walla Walla Washington
number four drugs cost the US healthcare
system billions one of the worst parts
about drug-related crimes is the
financial toll they take on government
agencies that are attempting to
eradicate them take healthcare for
example the US healthcare system spends
over eleven billion dollars annually
treating and caring for drug users while
drug dealers are racking in the dough
the state is spending over eight billion
dollars on inmates locked up for
drug-related crimes these numbers pale
in comparison to the 193 billion dollars
that according to the National Institute
on Drug Abuse is going to crime related
costs and lost work-related productivity
add it all up and you have a massive
financial problem any year we can by
delaying the onset will reduce both the
social consequences of use but also the
costs and the
the disease itself number three
legalization would help the economy you
know we’ve also taken I think a
contemporary approach to governance to
fill a contemporary approach to drug
policy imagine a world where
drug-related arrests are down and state
and provincial revenues are up this
world exists in Colorado California and
six other US states with Canada ready to
follow suit in 2018 why the change of
pace while it turns out that
legalization is great for the economy so
great in fact that the Cato Institute an
American think tank estimates that
legalizing marijuana across the United
States could lead to more than eight
billion dollars in additional sales tax
revenue it will also help eliminate
illegal drug trafficking which in turn
will help people out of prison thus
helping the government save money on
exorbitant inmate housing costs
everyone likes smoking weed they have
for thousands of years they’re not going
to stop anytime soon number two sin
region’s professor certain drugs let’s
do all the drugs
it appears that geographical location
plays a part in which kind of drugs
people are using according to a study
done in the US and published in 2013
marijuana is the most popular drug with
its user making up at least five percent
of the population in every region with
the highest rates of usage being found
in the Pacific West and the Northeast
similarly cocaine is particularly
prevalent in New England crack and
Hallucigenia drug usage is higher in a
South Atlantic region and the Midwest is
quite fond of pain pills while this fact
is solely a reflection of the United
States it is not uncommon for drugs to
be regionally based in other countries
as well number one Colombia is still
number one when it comes to cocaine
let’s get the other crap to finally
don’t pay well so we can’t earn as much
as we can from coca no weather country
in the world is as closely associated
with a particular drug the same way
Colombia is with cocaine Pablo Escobar’s
reign of terror in the 70s and 80s gave
the country a black eye that it’s still
trying to recover from
unfortunately Colombia still has a lot
of work to do as you can ask up by this
condemn some that can see also
controlling them you open an economy in
the 2010s cocaine production and
distribution accounts
1% of the country’s GDP in 2015 the UN
estimated that more than 300,000 of
Colombia’s citizens make their living
from coca leaves
in fact Colombia makes more than 10
billion dollars annually from sale of
cocaine and remains the world’s largest
cocaine producer meaning the country is
still king when it comes to the infamous
white powder do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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