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To-do list for Illegal drug trade: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2009-04-18 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : please help ensure that this article links to other good articles, including creating a few new ones where necessary Cleanup : the rest of the article for grammar and content, so it matches the new intro Expand : to cover all drugs traded illegally Verify : the intro paragraph, and eventually the rest too Wikify : the intro paragraph should be a summary of statements referenced in the body

Really? Out of all of South America, you only emphasize Venezuela? Seems like anti-Venezuela pro-American BS POV. Undue weight was given due to USA political agenda. Colombia seems to carry more weight by all acounts, yet it is barely mentioned... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.121.84.11 (talk) 16:07, 3 feb 2024 (UTC)

I thought the exact same thing when I read it. Anti-Venezuela agenda rather than balanced content. 2001:569:7A36:1E00:99D1:91DB:E49D:8AB9 (talk) 20:01, 3 feb 2024 (UTC)

I disagree, Venezuela is only in the spotlight due to them kicking out the DEA and their president having close ties to criminals and drug traffickers. DisputedYew4083 (talk) 18:20, 3 feb 2024 (UTC)

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Illicit drug and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 feb 11#Illicit drug until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Sangdeboeuf (talk) 01:16, 3 feb 2024 (UTC)

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Illicit drugs and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 feb 11#Illicit drugs until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Sangdeboeuf (talk) 01:16, 3 feb 2024 (UTC)

Preferably use the terms 'illicit drugs/substances' and avoid any use of the term 'narcotic', it having been so debased and rendered pejorative in modern usage, certainly in the Anglosphere. Most opiates and opioids, tranquilisers, alcohol and cannabis are narcotics in the strict sense; sleep-inducing. Stimulants however are not traditionally considered narcotics; that is, they are not sleep-inducing. 122.151.210.84 (talk) 19:03, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]