Illegal drug trade

The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market and includes the growing, making, distribution, and sale of illegal drugs. While some drugs are legal to possess and sell, in most areas laws do not allow the trade of some drugs.

Trade in drugs includes many which, correctly used, have a medical function.

Those drugs often include heroin, cocaine, marijuana or others. Drug traffickers may be punished with time in prison for several years. In some countries, the crime carries the death penalty.

 Punishment 
Several countries use the death penalty to punish people for drug trafficking.

 Afghanistan
 Bangladesh
 Brunei
 China
 Egypt
 Indonesia
 Iran
 Iraq
 Kuwait
 Laos
 Malaysia
 Oman
 Pakistan
 Saudi Arabia
 Singapore
 Somalia
 Sri Lanka
 Taiwan
 Thailand
 Vietnam
 United Arab Emirates
 Zimbabwe

 Related pages 
Corruption
Golden Crescent
Organized crime
Smuggling
Money laundering
Drug cartel
Rum-running

Other websites
News, information, laws and photos of illegal drugs, narcotics and drug trafficking
United Nations - Drug Programme  	 
Geopium: Geopolitics of Illicit Drugs in Asia  (English and French) 
United Nations World Drug Report  	
Illicit drug issues by country, by the CIA 

Category:Organized crime
Category:Illegal drug production and trade