Many illegal drugs are made from poppies and cocoa plants. Poppies are used to make heroine. Most poppies are grown in the Golden Triangle (Thailand, Cambodia & Laos), Afghanistan or South America.

Poppies are used to make heroin

Cocoa plant leaves are used to make cocaine

Cocoa leaves are used to make cocaine. They are mostly grown in South American countries like Columbia and Peru.

The drugs are smuggled into other countries, often on boats. This is called drug trafficking. Some people are used as drug smugglers. They hide the drugs on their bodies and travel to another country. This article - Golf club drug smuggler busted because of her handicap - shows a British woman caught smuggling drugs in golf clubs. The drugs are given to dealers who sell it to drug users.

Some drugs like ketamine can be made in laboratories or stolen from chemist shops.