Drug Trafficking Doesn’t Just End in Court – It Ends in Consequences

1. UNODC World Drug Report 2025 Highlights how global instability has intensified challenges in addressing the world drug problem, empowering organized crime groups and pushing drug use to historically high levels. 2. National Drug Threat Assessment 2025 (DEA) Provides a comprehensive overview of the threats posed by illicit drugs and the violent transnational criminal organizations responsible for producing them. 3. Environmental Impact of Illicit Drug Production – Wikipedia Discusses the often neglected environmental impacts caused by the production of illicit drugs, which can be highly destructive yet difficult to detect and measure. 4. Environmental Impacts of Illicit Drug Production – UC Santa Barbara Examines how illegal drug production, specifically marijuana in California and cocaine in South America, results in intensive environmental degradation. 5. Economic and Social Consequences of Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – UNODC Analyzes the social consequences of drug abuse and trafficking in relation to family and community, health, education, environment, and crime. 6. Environmental Impact of Illicit Drug Production and Trafficking – Bhatt & Joshi Associates Explores the environmental impact of illicit drug production and trafficking, examining the impact on ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources. 7. The Environmental Impacts of Illicit Drug Production – K4DD Compiles findings on the environmental impacts of illicit drug production, focusing on water and soil pollution, ecosystem health, land use change, and waste management. 8. The Impact of Drugs on Society – National Drug Threat Assessment 2010 Discusses how the trafficking and abuse of drugs affect nearly all aspects of life, including economic costs, justice and healthcare systems, and environmental destruction. 9. Drugs and the Environment – GPDPD Highlights how the illicit drug economy contributes to deforestation, pollution, and high carbon footprints, emphasizing the need for environmentally conscious drug policies. 10. Environmental Impacts of Illicit Drug Production – figshare A rapid evidence review focusing on the environmental impacts of illicit drug production, including water and soil pollution, ecosystem health, and waste management.