COCAINE AND HEROIN TRAFFICKING TO EUROPE: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

Drug trafficking is an issue that needs to be addressed in both human, social, and security contexts and depends on many different variables. The study analyzed the issue of drug trafficking in the European context, focusing only on heroin and cocaine, rather than all substances in general. By describing the morphology of drug trafficking in general, the study analyses the volume of cocaine and heroin trafficking in Europe by examining the functions and situations of these elements in the European context. In the course of the research, rather than the normative perspective of Europe to prevent drug trafficking, the European position and its impact on the cocaine and heroin trade, the reasons for the differences in the prices of these drugs, and both the social and individual consequences of drug use were emphasized.