Notably, the production of legal pharmaceutical drug capsules contributes substantially to global carbon emissions and fosters the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria (“Environmental”). “The main sources of release of pharmaceuticals to the environment include direct emissions from drug manufacturing, patient, animal excretion, aqua farming, and disposal of unused or expired medicines.” (“Environmentally”). Processing emissions have large risks, drug-resistant microorganisms, and global consequences (“Pollution”). “Hazardous pollution related to illegal drugs, whether in the form of pesticides, herbicides, rodenticides, or fertilizers, affects humans as well as plant and animal species”(“The Environmental”). Cultivation of plants for illegal drugs leads to permanent soil damage, flooding, and toxic chemical pollution (“Illegal drugs”). The disposal of pharmaceutical drugs can affect non-target organisms like wildlife and ecosystem health (“Environmentally”). Opium farming regions like Afghanistan poison water supplies, deprecate water resources and divert critical resources (“Illegal
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