Drug Prohibition Vs. Human Trafficking: Where do our Priorities Lie?
Not all crimes are equal, and some crimes are not even crimes at all. The largest black market on the planet currently is the illegal drug trade. In the US alone, the illegal drug trade is estimated to be valued anywhere between $200b — $750b annually. Now that is a lot of cheddar!
With that amount of money involved, it is not very difficult to see why prohibition prevails despite the fact that common sense and reason dictate that “it’s not the best way to go about dealing with the drug issue”.
Nonetheless, it is the number one black market activity in the world and over the past 45 years of the drug war has been the excuse to take away your civil liberties in order to “increase security” and “stop the drug problem” with the final goal of creating a “drug free society” (which is a fallacy, but I digress).
The second largest illicit market in the world, while many would guess “guns”, they would be mistaken. Human Trafficking is the second largest black market activity on the planet. Coming to about a $150 billion dollar a year industry, human trafficking is a serious problem and generates more money annually than illegal firearms.
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