It condemns those who elaborate, cultivate, traffic, or simply promote or facilitate the illegal consumption of toxic drugs, narcotics, or psychotropic substances and those who possess them for the same purpose.
The intention of the person responsible for this crime, i.e., malice, is evident. The accused of a drug trafficking crime acts with a clear profit motive to obtain a benefit thanks to the trafficking, processing, or cultivation of these drugs.
This crime is typified in Article 368 of the Penal Code. Unlike most crimes, the protected good is a collective good, not an individual one, the public, collective, and community health.