U.S. National Drug Control Strategy & the Andean Initiative Roots of Failure
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Authors
Davis, Jonathon Scott
Subjects
Advisors
Date of Issue
1994-12
Date
1994-12
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
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.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
D17152 1 NPS Archives;
Department
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.), Monterey, California.
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Format
xii, 97 p, 28cm.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.