Historique
Périodique
Colombia : drugs and security. On the problems of confusing drug policy and security policy
(Colombie : Drogues et sécurité. A propos de la confusion entre la politique en matière de drogues et la politique en matière de sécurité
Auteur(s) :
TNI (Transnational Institute)
Année
2005
Page(s) :
1-8
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
POLITIQUE
;
LUTTE
;
ORGANISATION CRIMINELLE
;
DELIT
;
TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL
;
GUERRE
;
EFFICACITE
Thésaurus géographique
COLOMBIE
;
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
TNI Drug Policy Briefing, 2005, (9), 1-8
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Perhaps one of the most tragic consequences of associating the 'war on drugs' with the 'war on terrorism' in a country like Colombia is that the failure of the former could end with the failure of the latter. Despite officials' fantastic manipulation of figures from anti-drug campaigns, the failure of the war on drugs is a fact that only those at the highest levels of government - in both Colombia and the United States - continue to deny. Apart from them, there is no longer any academic institution, think tank, department of official drug policy experts, etc., in the northern or southern hemisphere that has not presented convincing arguments. 'The worst blind person is the one who refuses to see,' as an old Spanish proverb says. This blindness has a high cost, not only financially, but in terms of human, social and economic development in the region. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
Paulus Potterstraat 20, 1071 DA Amsterdam. E-mail: drugstni.org
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.