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More drug enforcement on the Canada-US border

The U.S. Border Patrol tripled the number of agents along the Canada-US border and will soon use unmanned surveillance aircraft to further monitor the border.

Two drugs Canada exports to the USA are marijuana and ecstasy laced with crystal meth.  In return, cocaine is smuggled into Canada from the USA.  In 2006 5.2 million ecstasy dosage units was seized while cocaine seizures tripled from 2004 to 2006.  Much of the Canada-US border is not patrolled and is very remote making it difficult to stop the cross-border trafficking.

According to Rob Gordon, a criminologist with Simon Fraser University, B.C. marijuana exports is British Columbia's third largest industry behind tourism and logging.

Read more about cross-border drug smuggling between Canada and USA here.

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