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[[File:Drugroutemap.gif|thumb|A map showing the global drug smuggling routes around the world.]]

The ~~Illegal Drug Trade~~ is a global [[wikipedia:~~Black Market|Black Market~~]] ~~which involves smuggling~~ drugs ~~from countries into others~~. ~~The most common~~ drugs ~~to be brought into a country include:~~

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The '''illegal drug trade''' is a global [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_economy black market], dedicated to cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of drugs, which are subject to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_%28drugs%29 drug prohibition] laws. Most jurisdictions [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitionism prohibit] trade, except under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License license], of many types of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug drugs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_prohibition_laws drug prohibition laws] while there is also a trade in avoiding paying tax on what are legal drugs, such as tobacco.

[~~[Heroin]~~]

A UN report said "the global drug trade generated an estimated US$321.6 billion in 2003."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"></sup> With a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_past_GDP_%28nominal%29 world GDP] of US$36 trillion in the same year, the illegal drug trade may be estimated as slightly less than 1% (0.893%) of total global output. Consumption of illegal drugs is widespread globally.

~~Cocaine~~

~~Ecstasy~~

~~Cannabis~~

~~and various other drugs. one~~ of the ~~most famous was~~ the ~~French Connection in which heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and eventually into the United States~~.

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 [[File:Drugroutemap.gif|thumb|A map showing the global drug smuggling routes around the world.]]
-The Illegal Drug Trade is a global [[wikipedia:Black Market|Black Market]] which involves smuggling drugs from countries into others. The most common drugs to be brought into a country include:
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+The '''illegal drug trade''' is a global [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_economy black market], dedicated to cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of drugs, which are subject to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_%28drugs%29 drug prohibition] laws. Most jurisdictions [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitionism prohibit] trade, except under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License license], of many types of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug drugs] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_prohibition_laws drug prohibition laws] while there is also a trade in avoiding paying tax on what are legal drugs, such as tobacco.
-[[Heroin]]
+A UN report said "the global drug trade generated an estimated US$321.6 billion in 2003."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"></sup> With a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_past_GDP_%28nominal%29 world GDP] of US$36 trillion in the same year, the illegal drug trade may be estimated as slightly less than 1% (0.893%) of total global output. Consumption of illegal drugs is widespread globally.
-Cocaine
-Ecstasy
-Cannabis
-and various other drugs. one of the most famous was the French Connection in which heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and eventually into the United States.
 [[Category:Villainous Event]]
 [[Category:Crimes]]
 [[Category:List]]