U.S. National Drug Control Strategy & the Andean Initiative Roots of Failure

Description

This thesis examines the reason for the failure of the U.S. National Drug Control
Strategy, and the Andean Initiative. Its scope is limited to cocaine trafficking from
the Andean nations of Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru, to the United States. It provides the
background of those strategies, and analyzes various explanations for failure.
Based on this analysis, the thesis provides policy recommendations for antidrug
efforts, which include increased emphasis on demand-related issues, judicial system
consistency and harsher penalties, improvement in domestic and international
coordination, and expanded restrictions on U.S. government agencies conducting covert
operations.
In conclusion, this thesis proposes that any real solution to the drug problem lies
not with supply interdiction, and not with expanded foreign assistance,
targeting user accountability in the United States.

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1. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/30349

Tags

Drugs

National Drug Control Strategy

Colombia

Bolivia

Peru

U.S. Foreign Policy

Andean Initiative

Inter-American Relations

Cocaine

Drug Control

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/30349
Date	12 1900
Creators	Davis, Jonathon Scott
Contributors	Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.).
Publisher	Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School.
Source Sets	Naval Postgraduate School
Language	en_US
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Rights	Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Relation	D17152 1 NPS Archives;