Latin American drug trade requires varied approach
An anti-narcotics policeman shows an illegal coca plant in Tolima, Colombia (source: dpa)
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What's inside
- Focus on attacking production, rather than consumption, has had disastrous results
- Violence and corruption have escalated in countries along the transit route for illegal drugs to the United States
- New policy approaches will be needed from both the U.S and Latin America
Who will benefit?
- Report is targeted to the decision makers in cross country manufacturing – suppliers, manufacturers, logistics.
- Also considered useful for the administrative university facilities, to better understand the possibe effects of current decisions.
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