A drug corridor is a commonly-used drug trafficking route that allow for the flow of illicit drugs into, out of, and across countries. The term is often used as a reference to common drug trafficking routes, and are often known to flow through major cities.[1] There is no definitive drug corridor, but rather a series of connected networks which span across the globe. Drug corridors are reported to have a growing impact on drug use and associated crime along routes drug trafficker's are known to travel.[2] One commonly known drug corridor is the Trans-American Corridor.
Inhabitants of the lower Midwest and South, including Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Carolinas, generally dub their locales to be part of the main trans-American drug corridor, as well as those of the Southwestern U.S. states such as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.[3] They claim that the major flow of drugs brought in from the Atlantic coast westward flows through their states, and that they are in the main drug corridor.[4]