Let's throw light on some drug crimes. Trafficking or distribution of drugs includes transportation, selling and illegal import of controlled substances such as illegal drugs or prescription medications. Drug distribution is more serious drug crime as drug possession and is regarded as felony because it is illegal to distribute drugs like painkillers, sleeping pills etc. Although the law fights every day with this, there are still significant drug trafficking problems in the United States. According to Drug Enforcement Administrations (DEA) there are yearly over 30.000 arrests related to distribution and trafficking of illegal drugs. Most of the drugs are imported from Colombia and Mexico. Drug trafficking penalties are very severe. These charges depend on the type of controlled substance or drug, to whom they were sold and where they were sold. The consequences for drug trafficking are different in each state, the most common are: imprisonment, fines, eviction of property. If you are charged with drug trafficking or distribution, there are a couple of defenses that you can use. You can claim that drugs belong to someone else or you didn't know you were transporting drugs because of the packaging of transported goods. Sometimes someone can force you to do this and you had no other way or you've been entrapped. Let qualified criminal lawyers protect your rights: http://legalbistro.com/