Cocaine became cheaper; Trump's war on drugs response The global production of cocaine has reached a historic high, prices in America and Europe have fallen and the purity of this drug has increased. What were the results of Trump's strategy in the war on the drug cartels? Despite the intensification of US military operations against drug trafficking networks in Latin America, cocaine has become cheaper in the American and European markets and its purity has increased. The expansion of smuggling routes and the increase in production in Colombia are supposed to be factors in the continued supply of this drug; A process that questions the effectiveness of the military strategy of the Donald Trump administration. Since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the US government has increased its military and security activities against drug trafficking networks in Latin America. According to the report of the German news channel Kzni, the US military announced on October 15, 2026 that 239 people were killed in 71 airstrikes on speedboats. The arrest and indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and military operations in Ecuador were also part of the Trump administration's actions in this regard.