Coca and Cocaine: An Andean Perspective, Vol. 37
This remarkable analyis of the problems of coca leaves and cocaine traffic in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru provides an Andean perspective on drug production and consumption. The Peruvian Peace Research Association has compiled an expert in-depth study of the historical and political aspects of drug traffic in the Andes, relationships between the governments of the producing and consuming nations, and the need for worldwide collaboration to develop a global approach to drug control. This study...
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This remarkable analysis of the problems of coca leaves and cocaine traffic in Boliviva, Colombia, and Peru provides an Andean perspective on drug production and consumption.
ForewordPrefaceCh. 1The Coca-Cocaine Phenomenon in Bolivia1Coca and Its Growing Areas1Cocaine: Defining Terms6Cocaine's Impact on the National Economy8The Social Impact of Cocaine Trafficking13Legislation16The Drug Trade and Bolivia's Foreign Affairs20Crop Reduction Programs29Proposals for Change35Ch. 2The Socioeconomic and Political Impact of the Drug Phenomenon in Colombia43Drugs and the United States: A Colombian Impression44Moral Considerations45The Elements of a Solution47The Use of Drugs in History49Recent U.S. Policy on Drugs51Drugs in the "Third World"57Drug Trafficking in the Colombian Economy58Political and Social Dimensions66A Synthesis of the Drug Issue in Colombia93Ch. 3The Illicit Drug Trade in Peru103Chemical and Medical Aspects of Cocaine103Factors of Drug Dependence106Coca and the Peruvian Economy109Drug Trade, Foreign Exchange, and the Banking System116Costs of the Drug Trade117Three Stages of Peruvian Drug Trade Legislation122Considerations for the Future125Strategies for the Drug Trade127Solutions132Ch. 4Cocaine: Andean Problems and Andean Solutions141The International Nature of the Problem141The United States and the Production, Trafficking, and Consumption of Cocaine145The Andean Countries and the Production, Trafficking, and Consumption of Cocaine146Economic Dimensions of the Illicit Drug Trade for Andean Countries147Legislation and the Administration of Justice148Substitution and Eradication149Traditional Consumption and Legalization150Index151
