How does illegal drug trafficking in central america effect the economy?
You question asks about illegal drugs but your explanation mentions legal drugs, so I’m not sure what you mean. I suppose illegal drugs. 1. In one sense illegal drugs give a few people a living that is quite luxurious–they make more money, at great risk, than their peers. 2. That creates an imbalance–some people live n great wealth, others in great poverty. 3. Illegal drugs mean that ordinary jobs such as keeping a grocery, running a hardware store, building contracting, are less prized. It also means that those with money invest in these activities, sustaining them by illegal funds. 3. All of which tends to corrupt the system and to entrench the idea of illegality in the economy, making it harder to root out 4. And diminishing the respect for law, further corrupting the state and making illegal drugs more important to the economy: a cycle.
