What is drug trafficking, and what efforts are being made to curtail it?

What will be an ideal response?


Drug trafficking includes manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, importing and exporting a controlled or counterfeit substance. Federal efforts to curtail drug trafficking focus primarily on preventing smuggling and apprehending smugglers. Other drug-control strategies include:

• Antidrug legislation and strict enforcement
• Interdiction
• Crop control
• Asset forfeiture
• Antidrug education and drug treatment

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a. deterrent b. functionalist c. analytic d. collective

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A piece of property is in a person's actual possession if he or she is physically holding or grasping the property

a. True b. False

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The Tramp Acts represent an example of the "consensus" model of the law

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Scarce resources are a source of conflict

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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