Border Drug Smugglers

México produces three of the most abused drugs used in the United Sates: marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine. Cocaine, which is made in South Africa is imported to México, then exported along with the other three drugs into the United States.
The main routes from México into the U.S. are: Tijuana to San Diego, Sonora to Phoenix, Arizona; Chihuahua to El Paso, Texas; and the states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, which covers the remaining south of the border, to the Texas cities of Laredo and Brownsville.
The multibillion-dollar fence diving the United States and Mexico near Sells, Arizona is now being used by the drug dealers to their benefit. A pickup truck in México pulls next to the fence and using a retractable ramp for a bridge over the fence. Then, a second pickup truck with the drugs drives over the ramp and into the United States.
The United States spent $2.4 billion to build an extra 600 miles on the border fence, increased their Border Patrol by 8,000, and funded United States Customs and Border Patrol $8.1 billion.
And will all this money and effort stop drug cartels from smuggling drugs into the United States? No. It might delay and make it difficult for the drug cartels, but there will never be a complete halt to the smuggling of drugs. It’s simply a part of the American culture. Perhaps, instead of spending all this money on something that will never be resolved, the United States should inform their citizens to be more sensible when it comes to using these drugs.