Forced to Commit a Drug Crime: The Defense of Coercion in Federal Drug Cases in Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, and Sherman, Texas What happens if drug traffickers threaten to harm a person’s family if the person does not transport drugs for the traffickers? What if the trafficker threatens to kill the defendant right then and there if the defendant does not do as he is told and transport drugs? The law that applies to federal drug trafficking and distribution cases in Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, and Sherman, Texas recognizes that the accused is not guilty of drug trafficking or distribution if the accused was coerced into doing it. Coercion, though, can be difficult to prove, and the defendant must prove that it was more likely than not that he was coerced.