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.

Trans-American corridor

2006 map of the eight principal drug corridors in the United States

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.

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