Canada Border Services Agency: Illegal Drugs

Canada Dept: But critics fear Canada is about to take a step back in its war on drug smuggling due to a shift in focus and budget cuts to border security. INTERACTIVE Explore seizures of drugs from the United States Zoom in to see details for border crossings across Canada on our interactive map, according to CBC. The top drugs seized over the six-year period were GHB often called the date-rape drug , marijuana, and cocaine, totalling $1.4-billion, $1.3 billion and $1 billion, respectively. Border seizures data Drug busts by the Canada Border Services Agency rose 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012, according to a News analysis of agency data that reveals what some say is just a fraction of a multibillion-dollar flow of illegal drugs into Canada. The data, obtained by News Network's Power a Politics through Access to Information, provides details on drug seizures totalling more than $5.5 billion over the six years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.