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Effects Of Drug Trafficking

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EFFECTS OF ILLICIT DRUGS TRAFFICKING ON DIPLOMACY IN SOUTH AMERICA
INTRODUCTION

1. Drugs are chemical substances that affect the normal functioning of the body and/or brain. There are legal and illegal drugs. Legal drugs like caffeine, nicotine (in cigarettes), alcohol and all medicine fall under this category. Illegal drugs are drugs banned by countries for its harmfulness to human functioning. Illicit means forbidden, contrary to acceptable morality or convention. Trafficking means to deal /trade a commodity also deal illegally (crime). Therefore illicit drugs mean unlawful or forbidden drugs. Illicit drug trafficking mean illegal drugs trade. The effects of this trade far outweigh the benefit if they are there. Therefore, to safeguard …show more content…

Many countries out of protection of their citizen sovereignty have been forced to take a less direct action to combat illicit drug trafficking aimed at safeguarding their citizens. Diplomacy means ways of negotiations between nations; subtly skilful handling of situation; wisdom in management of public affairs . Therefore in this context diplomacy means the working relations between states (international relations). Recently an Australian was found to have transported to Indonesia drugs and was sentenced to hang, but Australia petitioned .This became diplomatic issue that went ahead to the threat of sanctions. Drug trafficking was recognized legally by UN through three international control treaties namely: the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 (as amended in 1972), the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988.These treaties mutually support and complement each other. Illicit drug trafficking has indeed generated a myriad of problems in terms of diplomatic, security and economic survival. The international trade on illicit drug is a lucrative venture and its ramification is not easily controllable. Efforts have been mounted but the trade persists because those countries producing see the business from different angle. The major south America producing countries are Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. The global market for illicit drug trafficking is valued at $320 billion, making it the third largest market worldwide after oil and arms. It is against this background that this paper will attempt to shade light on the effects of illicit drug trafficking in south America in terms of security, economic, political and social effects.

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3. The aim of this research paper is to bring out effects of illicit drug trafficking in South America with a view to providing way forward.

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