Introduction In the U.S, illegal drugs are linked to crime in various ways. It is a big offense to have drugs or to engage in the production and distribution of those drugs that are considered to have the possibility of being abused. The production and trafficking of illicit drugs are under the control of organized crime groups and drug cartels. Statistics of Drug Crime It is pointed out that in the year 2002, approximately 25 percent of the convicted drug as well as property offenders in the local prisons had engaged in committing those crimes to get funds for drugs in comparison with five percent of the public order as well as violent offenders (Dorsey, 2009). Moreover, in the year 2004, there was the same trend among the State convicts, having thirty percent property criminals and twenty-six percent drug criminals having a high likelihood of perpetrating crimes to obtain cash for drugs as compared to the ten percent violent criminals as well as seven percent public-order criminals. On the other hand, in the Federal jails, the property criminals, constituting eleven percent, were less likely by fifty percent than the drug offenders constituting twenty-five percent to point out the drug money as being a motivation for committing the offenses (Dorsey, 2009). It is also reported that in the year 2004, seven percent of the State inmates in the United States jails and eighteen percent of the Federal prisoners pointed out that they engaged in committing offenses to receive money for the drugs (Dorsey, 2009). The percentages are a representation of an increase for the Federal inmates from sixteen percent in the year 1997 and a decrease for the State inmates from nineteen percent in the year 1997 (Dorsey, 2009). Drug Crime and its Effects Drug abuse, as well as drug addiction, is linked to the crime related to drugs. In a number of the jurisdictions of the United States, it has been reported that “benzodiazepine misuse by criminal detainees has surpassed that of opiates” (Yacoubian, 2003, p.127). Moreover, studies that have been conducted relating to the crime related to drugs have established that the misuse of drugs is linked to several crimes which are partially linked to the invincibility feelings that can turn out to be mainly marked with abuse. The challenging crimes that are linked to this include property crime, shoplifting, and drug dealing among others (Australian Government National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2007). Moreover, the studies conducted in Australia established that the consumers of benzodiazepine have a high likelihood of becoming violent and they are also reported to have a high likelihood of having been in police custody, and they also have a higher likelihood of having encountered criminal charges as compared to the ones that have been using opiates. The illegal benzodiazepines majorly come from the medical experts but find their way onto the illegal scene as a result of doctor shopping as well as diversion. Even if just quite a small fraction came from the fake prescriptions as well as stealing among other illegal ways, it is majorly benzodiazepine and not opiates, which are targeted partly for the reason that benzodiazepines are normally kept in vaults