Fighting war against drugs
Description
Fighting the war against drugs involves coordinated actions to reduce illegal drug production, trafficking, and consumption. This strategy includes law enforcement operations, border controls, eradication of drug crops, and dismantling criminal networks. It also encompasses public education campaigns, rehabilitation programs, and international cooperation to disrupt supply chains. The primary intent is to minimize drug-related crime, health risks, and social harm by targeting both the supply and demand sides of the illicit drug trade.
Implementation
Despite 2 years of extensive herbicide spraying source country eradication, the U.S. estimates show that there has not been any net reduction in Colombian coca cultivation – the net coca cultivation has actually increased 50 percent.
Claim
To achieve a one percent reduction in US cocaine consumption, the United States could spend an additional $34 million on drug treatment programmes, or 20 times more, $783 million, on efforts to eradicate the supply at the source.
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Global strategies
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(D) Detailed strategies
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Language
English
1A4N
J6000
DOCID
12060000
D7NID
197797
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Last update
Nov 17, 2022