As the harmful effects of drugs came to be understood, drug trafficking changed from being legal to being a criminal offense around the world. There has been a significant trend toward international cooperation in fighting the drug trade. Producer, trans-shipment, and consumer nations have joined hands to clamp down at every link in the chain. Only in this way can narcotics activities be completely rooted out.
隨著毒品的危害逐漸被世人瞭解，販毒從以往的合法貿易變成「萬國公罪」，緝毒工作國際化是大勢所趨：生產國、轉運集散國及終端的消費國聯手出擊，每個環節都緊密相扣，才能直搗毒窟，斬草除根。