What is the relationship of drug addiction to the environment?

  • The demand for illegal drugs has led to dangerous methods of growing raw materials and toxic manufacturing.
  • The destruction of the rainforest is accelerated by the drug trade – in Colombia alone over 3 million acres have been destroyed.
  • The toxic pesticides and other chemicals used in clandestine farming and manufacture expose workers, their families and villages to water and ground pollution from the process.
  • The treasure of our natural wilderness and its wildlife is endangered by the illegal farming conducted by the drug trade in national parks.