MISLEAD STATISTICS IN THE WAR ON DRUGS 1.

Background of the Problem The government of the United States spends billions of dollars trying to control the illegal trafficking, commercialization and use of cocaine in the United States. The idea in mind was to tackle down the organized criminal red of production and distribution of cocaine. 2.Description of the Statistic The government is claiming that is winning the War on Drugs, and that cocaine production has been affected, and in fact decreased according to the following statistic chart.

In fact the availability of cocaine I Cocaine availability has decreased sharply in the United States since 2006. Every national-level cocaine availability data indicator (seizures, price, purity, workplace drug tests, and ED data) points to significantly less availability in 2009 than in 2006. For example, federal cocaine seizures decreased 25 percent from 2006 (53,755 kg) to 2008 (40,449 kg) and remained low in 2009.

In fact as the chart shows, availability of cocaine in the U.S. market has sharply declined. There is no doubt that the government is doing his job seizing and destroying cocaine. However, we need to find out who is directly affected by the cocaine seizures. The next statistic chart will give us a better explanation about the issue and mislead statistics.

While the offer of the product cocaine decrease in the market, demand was steady and probably increases. The natural reaction of the market was the raise on the price of the product by around 90%, and diminishes in the quality of the product.

3. Problem with the Statistical Model Chart one might probably show success in the War on Drugs, because there is less cocaine in the US market, however it does not affect the finances of cocaine dealers, they just increased the price and lower the quality of the product to satisfy demand. At the end earnings for cocaine dealers increase.

Conclusion American public must see and analyze the billions of tax dollars spent on this program, because as statistic showed, the one obtaining the benefits are drug dealers.