Drug trafficking or illegal drug trade can be defined as the selling of drugs and drug products, whether it is a local exchange between a user and a dealer or a major international operation. It is a global black market that cultivates, manufactures, distributes and sells drugs and drug products, which are subject to drug prohibition laws. It can also be defined as the buying and selling of drug and drug products and includes any equipment used to manufacture illegal drugs or use them.

There are a lot of drug trafficking problems in Mexico. These problems include murder, violence, and even crimes on property. These arose when the government came in to stop drug trafficking. It has been a continuous armed conflict between rival drug traffickers, who fight against each other for regional control, and the Mexican government forces who fight against drug trafficking.Initially, violence was between drug traffickers themselves. But now, police officers, journalists, and politicians have become frequent targets of drug-related killings. For instance, in May 2008, Mexico's acting federal police chief was killed in a drug hit. When Mexican President Felipe Calderon deployed thousands of federal troops in an aggressive fight on drug-related violence, death tolls continued to rise.

In order to continue with their trade, drug traffickers resort to violence and other criminal activities even to the point of killings so as to intimidate their rivals, including the government, and to guard and expand their markets.

A lot of effort has been put in various countries to stop the drug-trafficking industry. But most of these efforts have always led to drug trafficking problems such asviolence, murder, and property crimes.

There are several opinions as to the best way to tackle the long term battle against drug trafficking. The first step is removing widespread corruption in the police and the government. The corrupt government officials of Mexico got rich through the drug trade. That is the first problem they need to fix. A lot of money and weapons have been poured into Mexico. Some government officials are corrupt and sell the weapons to the drug dealers and cartels.

Another way to solve drug trafficking problems is by legalizing and regulating the recreational drug industry. In order to avoid the violence and property crimes associated with drug trafficking, the Mexican government needs to adopt formal or informal drug decriminalization policies. For example, the government could decriminalize the hard drugs, for example, meth, cocaine, crack, and heroin and start treating them as the public health problems.

The drug trafficking problems experienced in Mexico involve violentbattles between drug traffickers and the Mexican government. Drug traffickers threaten their opponents and government officials. These problems include violence, murder, and property crimes. In order to solve these problems, the Mexican government should first fight corruption in its police department as well as the judiciary. It should then consider legalizing and regulating the recreational drug industry.