Resources
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHING THE DRUG INDUSTRY The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) http://www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/nrcrpt/ The INCSR, produced annually by the U.S....
...Foreign Policy in Focus-Drug Control in Focus http://www.fpif.org/indices/topics/drugs.html A collection of FPIF reports from a critical, progressive perspective on drug-related issues...
...The site also contains information on ordering WOLA's excellent earlier reports on drug-related issues...
...Although the report clearly reflects official U.S...
...Drug Czar's website and it contains official policy statements-along with outright antidrug propaganda-and a wealth of links to other drug-related websites...
...Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering" provides a good overview of that subject...
...Although their own policy critiques are not always explicit, their results have often been used to bolster the arguments of policy critics...
...There is an invaluable table of links to most sources of U.S...
...Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) http://www.dea.gov/ The homepage of the DEA's official website is obviously aimed at celebrating the agency's drug war "victories" and at painting a picture of an ever-more-dangerous drug enemy...
...government generated data concerning both international and domestic drug consumption and interdiction and international production: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/source s.html The site also includes the full text of the current National Drug Control Strategy Report, the White House's annual overview of all U.S.-funded drug control activities...
...NarcoNews Bulletin http://www.narconews.com/ Web and email newsletter, produced by independent journalist Al Giordano in the grand muckrakers' tradition, on the politics and economics of drugs and drug control...
...priorities and interests in its wording and its selection of reported information, it provides valuable overviews and statistics concerning international drug production and interdiction...
...Global Illicit Drug Trends/ World Drug Report 2000-UNDCP http://www.undcp.org/global_illicitdrug trends.html http://www.undcp.org/world drugreport.html Global Illicit Drug Trends, an annual report of the United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP), is another key source on the international drug economy...
...White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) website http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/ This is the U.S...
...Other briefs will be produced over the next two years...
...In recent years, these reports have become rather sketchy concerning official thinking behind drug control policy, but earlier reports-not available online, check your local library-were far more detailed in this regard and are an invaluable resource for those interested in the evolution of U.S...
...Subscribe for free on the site...
...The 1996-2001 reports are available on the site...
...A good place to look for the latest coverage of a wide range of subjects from marijuana farming to U.S...
...Mama Coca http://www.mamacoca.org/index_en.htm This "on-line academic journal on complexity, conflict and drugs in the American Region" includes a number of helpful, and generally critical, articles on the economics and politics of drug production...
...It also contains useful annotated bibliographies, including one on "The Economics of the Drug War" that discusses various ways drug production and use are measured...
...These reports include detailed examinations of the drug industry in particular countries and regions as well as reports on production, distribution and use of specific drugs...
...The report includes useful statistics on drug production, including "farm gate"-producer-prices for various drug crops...
...The site is also a good source of information about and critiques of the United Nations' role in drug control...
...The site also includes news on drug law reform efforts and marijuana research...
...See: http://www.lindesmith.org/library/economics_bib.html The Drug Reform Coordination Network http://www.drcnet.org/ DRCNet's weekly email newsletter, "The Week Online," is a comprehensive, well-reported and lively source of news about both international and U.S...
...but the site also contains some more sober-minded and useful information, especially in the "intelligence reports" section...
...The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) http://www.norml.org The library on this site contains the text of NORML reports on a variety of marijuana-related subjects, including the economics of marijuana...
...Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) http://www.drugpolicy.org/ The DPA, a merger of two leading drug policy reform groups, the Lindesmith Center and the Drug Policy Foundation, works "to broaden the public debate on drug policy and to promote realistic alternatives to the war on drugs based on science, compassion, public health and human rights...
...The organization also conducts a number of campaigns including one that promotes dialogue with Latin American drug crop farmers...
...WOLA-Drugs, Democracy and Human Rights Project http://www.wola.org This new project of the Washington Office on Latin America recently produced its first issue brief, "Coca 48 NACIA REPORT ON THE AMERICAS 48 NACIA REPORT ON THE AMERICASRESOURCES and Conflict in the Chapare:' available on the site...
...press...
...World Drug Report 2000 takes a detailed look at certain aspects of the drug industry complex, including alternative development...
...This report contains a detailed breakdown of federal spending in this area...
...The style is sensationalistic and often hyperbolic, but the essence of the reporting is usually on target and Giordano highlights aspects of the subject other media ignores...
...State Department, is a key source of up-to-date information on both the drug industry and drug control activities in some 140 countries around the world...
...intervention in Colombia...
...Many reports concern the Andean region...
...drug policy, with an emphasis on the effects of policy on people...
...Media Awareness Project Drug News Archive http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/ This is a huge searchable database of drug-related news clips, mostly from the U.S...
...Rand Corporation-Drug Policy Research Center http://www.rand.org/multi/dprc/ Rand researchers like Peter Reuter were among the first to quantify various aspects of the drug industry and to try to measure the results of drug control efforts...
...While the site is a good place to start a search for information on current U.S...
...The DPA website includes an excellent online library with articles on many drug-related subjects...
...Transnational Institute (TNI) "Drugs and Democracy" Project http://www.tni.org/drugs/ The site includes a series of "Drugs and Conflict" debate papers including "A Failed Balance: Alternative Development and Eradication," a useful critique of the limitations of alternative development in the Andes and elsewhere, along with recent briefing papers on drug control in Peru and Bolivia...
...Subscribe for free on the site, which also contains useful background reports and links...
...ENCOD-The European NGO Council on Drugs and Development http://www.encod.org/ ENCOD produces a bimonthly email newsletter, "Drugs and Development" that frequently focuses on Latin America...
...drug control policy over the last few decades...
...Other relevant UNDCP publications can also be found on the site...
...policy, don't expect to find information about policy alternatives or links to groups that take a critical stance: For those see some of the sites discussed below...
...The report "attempts to identify trends in the evolution of global illicit drug markets" by "taking a statistical approach to assessing the status of world supply in and demand for illicit drugs...
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