An estimated 40 million people are involved in the drug trade.
Drugs make an impact on Christian missions in several ways.
First, as noted above, there are those Christians who stand against the drug trade and are killed. Secondly, there are those who are killed or persecuted because their Christian mission interferes with the trade. Third is the general civil disruption caused in geographic areas controlled by drug dealers and drug farmers. There are two routes, of course. First, Christians through political activism can seek governmental action on the drug problem.