Illegal Trade

Several synthetic stimulants have been developed for clinical use or illegal trade. Amphetamine was synthesized in 1887, but its medical applications were not investigated until the 1920s (Rudgley 1999). It was first marketed in 1932 as a treatment for asthma and nasal congestion. Since... 

Regularly inspect and control the informal market, including e-commerce, to prevent illegal trade of medicines... 

In the first Opium War, Britain forces China to continue to allow British companies to sell the highly profitable drug to millions of addicts in Asia. In addition to the British legal monopoly, there soon develops a flourishing illegal trade controlled by powerful criminal groups. 

Clark, E (2006). Movement of Chemicals and Curbing Illegal Trade. 

Diversion Control Prohibits diversion of licit controlled substances and diversion of controlled chemicals into illegal trade... 

In November 1975, Colombian police seized a small plane at an airport in Cali, Colombia, after receiving a tip that it contained drugs. On board they found 600 kilos (1,323 pounds) of cocaine. It was the largest cocaine seizure that had ever been made up to that time. It also signaled to drug enforcement authorities, both in Colombia and in the United States, that the illegal trade in cocaine was much larger than they had previously suspected. 

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