Titre : | Finding an alternative to illicit opium production in Afghanistan, and elsewhere (2011) |
Auteurs : | P. A. CHOUVY |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | International Journal of Environmental Studies (Vol.68, n°3, June 2011) |
Article en page(s) : | 373-379 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAR (Marchés / Markets) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique AFGHANISTANThésaurus mots-clés OPIUM ; CULTURE ILLICITE ; CULTURE ALTERNATIVE ; ERADICATION ; GUERRE ; PRODUCTION ; GEOPOLITIQUE ; PAUVRETE ; ECONOMIE ; DEVELOPPEMENT |
Résumé : | Prohibition attempts have failed for over a century, as the case of Afghanistan shows. There are many and complex reasons for this. Illicit opium production has benefited from synergies between war economies and drug economies, in Afghanistan and elsewhere. It has also thrived on economic underdevelopment and poverty. Part of the problem is that illicit opium production largely outlives war and that economic development can only occur in countries and regions where peace prevails. What is needed to reduce poppy cultivation is broad and equitable economic development. Ignoring the causes of opium production or making them worse by increasing poverty through forced eradication, will compromise antidrug policies and stabilisation efforts. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 13 |
Affiliation : | UMR 8586 PRODIG, Paris, France |
Cote : | A02936 |
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