The Players in the Cocaine Game: An investigative look at the dealers,

The Players in the Cocaine Game: An investigative look at the dealers, suppliers, and enforcers From the third world of many South American countries, to the third street projects in the inner-city, to the third floor of a downtown luxury loft, cocaine is prevalent and being used. The business of the coca leaf is a billion dollar a year industry, if not more. Our foreign counterparts are profiting in full off of the drug. Mexico, Peru, and Colombia are some of the countries in Central and South America that are profiting and manufacturing cocaine. â€Å"Today's wholesale cocaine industry operated by Mexico's cartel is a $30 billion per year business -- a figure that easily outstrips revenues reported by giants like Ford, General Motors, Wal-Mart, Exxon, and General Electric. (Millar, 2000)† This is Mexico’s figure that doesn’t include the other manufactures, including Colombia, which is the world largest supplier. With such a revenue market, the control of the drug and drug trafficking is not as simple as making it illegal and enforcing it by law. With that, there is no doubt that America has itself entrenched in this industry one way or another. The United States has a history of being the enforcer on the international level with hidden agendas. We are like the gossip queen in High School that needs to have his or her nose in everyone’s business. On the one hand we have a strong anti-drug policy both here in the United States and for the international suppliers of cocaine and other drugs. On the other hand, America is one of the largest purchasers of cocaine with government involvement and aid. â€Å"United States chemical manufacturers aren’t too offended by the drug trade either. A congressional committee found that 90 p... ...ce. 4. Milar, Kathy. â€Å"Partnerships bring reinvention to the war on drugs†. http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/rego/security/drugwar.htm 5. Balsamo, William, George Jr. Carpozi. Crime Incorporated. New Horizon Press, 1991 6. Rock, Paul ed., Manning, Peter K. and Lawrence John Redlinger. â€Å"Invitational Edges of Corruption: Some Consequences of Narcotic Law Enforcement†. Drugs and Politics. New Jersey; Transaction Inc. 1977 7. Menzel, Sewall, Fire in the Andes- US Foreign Policy and Cocaine Politics in Bolivia and Peru. Maryland; University Press of America, 1996 8. Borucke, Michael, â€Å"Seeing double in Colombia†. 28, April 2000. http://www.tech.mit.edu/V120/N23/col23boruc.23.html 9. Scarface. Dir. Brian de Palma. Perf. Al Pacino. Universal Studios, 1983.