Illegal drug trafficking from Mexico into the United States is and has been killing our society for many years. For decades, the border of the United States with Mexico has been used to smuggle illegal substances into the country with the intent to distribute. Many of the drugs come from Mexico or other South American countries where drugs are easily grown. Once grown and packed, they are then smuggled across the borders of Mexico and the United States. Upon reaching the United States, the drugs are distributed to many drug dealers. Eventually, these substances are then sold in our society to those corrupted enough to purchase them. In many cases, these people have a drug addiction or are just out there to make a quick buck using whatever means necessary. Customs agents and x-ray devices stationed at border crossings with Mexico are the only factors that need to be bypassed in order to successfully smuggle drugs into the United States. Some illegal substances are stopped and confiscated at our borders. However, the efforts to prevent the smuggling of drugs do not yield a 100% success rate. .
In the 1800's and early 1900's drugs were not illegal and widely used throughout the United States. Surprisingly enough, laws that banned the sale and use of drugs were passed less than eighty years ago (Stewart 16). In the early 1900's, drugs were not considered a problem, as the government believed the abuse would stop if citizens could not get drugs after they were banned. However, the United States realized drug use could not be prevented by simply passing laws (22). In 1933, the prohibition of alcohol ended making it a legal product. The legalization of alcohol and the prohibition of illegal drugs lead mobsters to begin drug trafficking rather than alcohol trafficking. Throughout the years and until this day drug trafficking has become one of the biggest problems in the United States.