narcotics who has a drug problem? why are drugs an ir issue? §trade §control efforts §igos
TRANSCRIPT
Narcotics
Who has a drug problem?
Why are drugs an IR Issue?
TradeControl effortsIGOs
Control approaches
Discourage DemandInterdict SupplyDiscourage Production
Regional specialties
SE Asia opium and derivativesMid East hashishCentral America MarijuanaS. America cocaine
Asia: Golden Triangle
LaosBurmaThailand
85% world opiumBurma 70% world
heroin
Mid-East
LebanonPLO and PFLP linksSyrian government too
86% global marijuanaHalved acreage since 1990
Cut opium by 1/3Transit route for 70% Colombian cocaine
Peru: $500-$700m20% legal exports
Equador: most coca leafColumbia: $800-$1000mBolivia: $250m
25% foreign exchange60-90% exports4.3m/7m workers
Demand
Still strong in US$50bn pa 1988-91Gives US incentive to provide
UNILATERALLY collective good?Shift from interdiction to eradication
$2.2bn spent by Bush
Factors vs DEA
Revenue needsLack of alternatives
Coffee poor substitute
Corruption & violence 1,000s public officials in Columbia
Resentment of US role
UN
UN DCP International Drug Control Program
UN CND commission on narcotic drugs Advises & coordinates
UN INCB International Narcotics Control Board Implements treaties
UN GA
1990 17th Special SessionGlobal Program of Action
Monitored by UN CND
“Decade vs Drug Abuse” 1991> Recognised link to development Recommended targeting kids
Impact
Little backing for crop substitutionProgress on money launderingProgress on training
US Bureau of International Narcotics Matters (BINM)
Webpage assessment
Research effortaestheticsvalid/focused/interesting linkssuggest letter grade