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Drug Trade and
Illegal Immigrants
Zach BoyleMackenzie ColeTyler Wineke
War on Drugs
● The U.S. federal government spent over $15 billion
dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about
$500 per second. State and local governments spent at
least another 25 billion dollars● In 2007 alone, illicit drug use cost taxpayers more than
$193 billion in lost productivity, health care, and criminal
justice costs
Future Effects
● Continued usage of harmful drugs could slow work productivity and waste money on drug regulation
Worldwide Users
● The U.S. is one of the world’s largest Cannabis consumers
Stopping Illegal Drug Flow
● The US spends an estimated $40 million per year.
● The DEA estimates we capture less than 10 percent of all illicit drugs.
● Gulf, Sinaloa, and Juárez are the biggest Cartels
Legal Marijuana In the USA
● Colorado received $60 million in taxes and fees from marijuana in 2014.
● US Marijuana has 20% THC while Mexican grown Marijuana has 3%.
● Estimated $145 million saved fighting marijuana.
Solutions
● If all 50 states legalized marijuana, an estimated $3 Billion would be collected in tax revenue.
● This in combination with the money saved from fighting the war on drugs could be put towards a cause such as the National Debt
Illegal Immigration
● Estimated 11,200,000 immigrants live in the US● 55% of Illegal immigrants are from Mexico while
only 10,478 are from Canada ● 30.1% of the illegal immigrants are 25-34 ● 71.8% live above the poverty line● Estimated 97% of people who try to cross the U.S.-
Mexico border eventually succeed at entering the country
Connection
● Many people who come to the U.S. from Mexico are involved in the drug trade. When they cross over into the U.S. they bring their lifestyle with them and continue the drug trade
What Should We Do?
● Because illegal immigrants cause jobs to be scarce and cost taxpayers more money, many people think we should limit the number of illegal immigrants as much as possible
● It has been proposed that we build a wall along the U.S. Mexico border
US Mexican Border
● If the US built a wall it would cost an estimated $300 million per mile.
● The US-Mexico border is 1,945 miles long.
Sources
http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr2014/World_Drug_Report_2014_web.pdfhttp://data.cmsny.org/https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/paradox/htele.html