Drug Production, Consumption, and Trafficking
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Regional Resources
- Acción Andina
- Alcohol and Drugs History Society The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
- Canada's Anti-Drug Strategy
- Coca, Trade and Environment Scott, Carl and Deborah Ullmer. Trade and Environmental Database
- CICAD Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas
- Drug Enforcement Administration DEA
- Drug Policy Alliance Network
- GRULAD Grupo Latinoamerican sobre Políticas de Drogas
- Latin American Initiative on Drugs and Democracy
- Latin American Studies Drug Trafficking
- National Families in Action NFIA
- National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA
- Office of National Drug Control Policy ONDCP
- RIOD Red Iberoamericana de ONG's especializadas en Drogodependencias
- Tendencias en la reforma de la Ley de drogas en América Latina Jelsma, Martin. Transnational Institute, 2009
- The Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas (pdf) UNODC, October 2008
- Transnational Institute TNI
- Transnational Institute Coca leaf: Myths and Reality
- WOLA Washington Office on Latin America drug policy
Country Resources
Argentina
- Argentina decriminalizes small-scale marijuana use Henao, Luis Andres. Reuters, 25 August 2009
- Cheap Cocaine Floods Argentina, Devouring Lives Barrionuevo, Alexei. The New York Times, 23 February 2008
- Drug Law Reform in Argentina Transnational Institute
- Intercambios Asociación civil para el estudio y atención de problemas relacionados con las drogas
- Madres contra el paco y por la vida
- Observatorio Argentino de Drogas
- 'Paco' Under Scrutiny: the cocaine base paste market in the Southern Cone Transnational Institute, 8 December 2006
- Programa Cambio Especialista en adicciones
- SEDRONAR Secretaria de programación para la prevención de la drogadicción y la lucha contra el narcotráfico
Barbados
- Centre for Counselling Addiction Support Alternatives CASA
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade treaties to combat drug trafficking
- National Council on Substance Abuse NCSA
Bolivia
- CEDIB Centro de documentación y información de Bolivia
- CELIN Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Científica
- Coca Yes, Cocaine No? Legal Options for the Coca Leaf Transnational Institute, 9 May 2006
- Coca Unions in Chapare Photographic exhibit by Felipe Morales
- Crisis Group Latin America Report Coca, Drugs and Social Protest in Bolivia and Peru
- FELCN Fuerza Especial de Lucha contra el Narcotráfico
- Drug Trafficking in Bolivia Latin American Studies
- Narco Jets and Police Protection in Bolivia Roncken, Theo. Transnational Institute, 1 December 1997
Brazil
- ABORDA Associação Brasileira de Redutoras y Redutores de Danos
- Department of Psychobiology Universidade Federal de São Paulo
- Drug Trafficking in Brazil Latin American Studies
- INFOdrogas Instituto de Medicina Social e de Criminologia de São Paulo
- SENAD Secretaria Nacional de Políticas sobre Drogas
- Smokeable cocaine and crack in Brazil (pdf) Blickman, Tom. Transnational Institute, 1 October 2006
Chile
- Adicciones Risolidaria, Solidaridad en Internet
- El narcotráfico en Chile Pérez Guerra, Arnaldo. La Insignia, May 2006
- UNODC and CICAD-OEA comparative study on drug consumption 26 June 2008
Colombia
- Campaña Coca y Soberanía
- Center for Defense Information CDI, Muerte a Secuestradores paramilitary group
- Cocaine Sustains War in Rural Colombia Romero, Simon. The New York Times, 27 July 2008
- Colombia coca cultivation survey results Transnational Institute, 1 June 2007
- Colombia Coca Cultivation Survey (pdf) UNODC, June 2005
- Crítica al estudio CICAD-OEA de los efectos del uso de herbicida Glifosato (pdf) Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Instituto de Estudios Ambientales, 11 Mayo 2005
- Drogas y conflicto armado Vargas, Ricardo. Transnational Institute, 1 July 2005
- Drug Trafficking in Colombia Latin American Studies
- Eradications and conflict in Colombia Armenta, Amira. Transnational Institute, 19 May 2008
- History of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia Verdad Abierta
- La Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico Éxitos y Limitaciones
- Paramilitares y conflicto armado en Colombia Verdad Abierta
- Plan Colombia and Beyond
- Report on environmental and human health impact of glyphosate aerial spray program (pdf) CICAD-OAS, 31 March 2005
- SURGIR Corporación Colombiana para la Prevención del Alcoholismo y la Farmacodependencia
- Useful Narcoterrorism Armenta, Amira. Transnational Institute, 1 March 2005
Costa Rica
- Instituto Costarricense sobre Drogas ICD
- Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia IAFA
- Study of long-term cannabis use in Costa Rican men Fletcher, JM. Archive General Psychiatry, 1996
Cuba
- Drug Trafficking in Cuba Latin American Studies
- Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba Narcotráfico page
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
- Aerial spraying knows no borders Transnational Institute, 1 September 2005
- Consejo Nacional de Control de Sustancias Estupefacientes y Psicotrópicas CONSEP
- Ecuador: "Collateral Damage" from aerial spraying on the Northern Border Transnational Institute, 1 December 2003
- Pardon for Mules in Ecuador, a Sound Proposal Metaal, Pien. Transnational Institute, February 2009
El Salvador
Guatemala
- Drogas en Guatemala: Cultivos erradicados, pobreza intacta IPS Noticias
- Pit Stop on Cocaine Highway: Guatemala Becomes Favored Link for US-Bound Drugs Jordan, Mary. The Washington Post, 6 October 2004
- Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Comisión Contra las Adicciones y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas SECCATID
- Unidad contra la Droga y el Delito UNODC
Haiti
- Drug Trafficking in Haiti Latin American Studies
- Haiti: corruption et trafic de drogues et d'armes via l'aéroport de Port-au-Prince Immigrant and Refugee Board of Canada
Honduras
- Consejo Nacional Contra el Narcotráfico CNCN
- Honduras: Militares y drogas Transnational Institute, 1 December 1997
- Honduras y su relación inconclusa con el narcotráfico Mejía, Thelma
- Unfinished Business: The Military and Drugs in Honduras Mejía, Thelma. Transnational Institute, 1 December 1997
Jamaica
- The African Diaspora, Ethiopianism, and Rastafari Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
- Ganja in Jamaica Boekhout van Solinge, Tim. Center for Drug Research, University of Amsterdam, December 1996
- Rastafari Religion, Rasta Spirituality and Religious Beliefs
- Rastafari and Ganja, The Rasta Movement
- Rastafarian Way of Life Providence College
- Report of the National Commission on Ganja 7 August 2001
- Submission to the National Commission on Ganja Medical Association of Jamaica, 23 March 2000
Mexico
- Consejo Nacional contra las Adicciones CONADIC
- Days of the Dead: The New Narcocultura Guillermoprieto, Alma. The New Yorker, 10 November 2008
- Drug Trafficking in Mexico Latin American Studies
- En el imperio de la familia Michoacana Mendoza Aguilar, Gardenia. Mercosur Noticias, 7 June 2009
- Infoadicciones versión electrónica de la revista LiberAddictus
- Justice in Mexico Project Trans-Border Institute
- La Familia: Another Deadly Mexican Syndicate Grayson, George W. Foreign Policy Research Institute, February 2009
- Liberaddictus Portal de divulgación científica sobre adicciones y salud mental
- Meet the Drug Lords Grillo, Ioan. Global Post, 1 June 2009
- Mexican drug lord 41 on most powerful list Forbes Magazine, 12 November 2009
- Mexico's Divine Justice Logan, Samuel and John P. Sullivan. International Relations and Security Network , 17 August 2009
- Mexico's Drug Gangs: Taking on the Unholy Family The Economist
- Mexico's Drug War Blog Longmire, Sylvia
- Mexico's Emerging Narco-state Miller, Todd. North American Congress on Latin America
- Mexico's Narco-Insurgency and US Counter-drug Policy Brands, Hal. Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College
- Narco Mexico
- PBS Frontline Report: Drug Wars
- Press Release and Fact Sheet about La Familia Michoacana drug cartel US Drug Enforcement Administration
- Recent Border Violence tests spillover plan Roebuck, Jeremy. The Monitor, 22 February 2009
- The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico Transnational Institute
- Transnational Narco-Corruption and Narco-Investment: A Focus on Mexico Lupsha, Peter. Transnational Organized Crime Journal, 1995
Nicaragua
- Red de Seguridad y Defensa de Ámerica Latina Los escenarios institucionales de la Defensa Nacional en Nicaragua - la narcoactividad
Panama
- New UNODC Office opens in Panama UNODC, 16 September 2009
- Panama gets on board to boost port security UNODC, 12 June 2009
Paraguay
- Paraguay: An Unpunished Crime Transnational Institute, 1 December 1997
- Secretaría Nacional Antidrogas SNA
Peru
- Alianza narcotráfico y guerrilla ensombrecería a Perú Radiografía Mundial
- Broken Promises and Coca Eradication in Peru Transnational Institute, 1 March 2005
- Centro de Estudios de Problemas Económicos y Sociales de la Juventud CEPESJU
- CEDRO Centro de Información y Educación para la Prevención del Abuso de Drogas
- Cocaine Trade Helps Rebels Reignite War in Peru Romero, Simon. New York Times, 17 March 2009
- Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo y Vida sin Drogas DEVIDA
- Council on Foreign Relations Shining Path, Tupac Amaru
- DIRANDRO Dirección Antidrogas
- Drogas Global Portal sobre la problemática de las Drogas
- Drugs and Conflict in Peru Transnational Institute, 17 November 2005
- Drug Trafficking in Peru Latin American Studies
- Oficina Ejecutiva de Control de Drogas OFECOD
- Sendero Luminoso and Peruvian Counterinsurgency (pdf) Switzer, Russell. May 2007
- Violent Cartel Culture Now Threatens Peru Llana, Sara Miller. Christian Science Monitor, 3 April 2007.
Puerto Rico
- 80% of Puerto Rico Murders Called Drug-Related Latin American Herald Tribune, 7 October 2009
- Crimen en Puerto Rico Narcotráfico
Uruguay
Venezuela
International Resources
- Foro Mundial de Productores de Cultivos Declarados Ilícitos FMPCDI
- Fundación de Ayuda contra la Drogadicción FAD
- International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy
- International Drug Policy Consortium IDPC
- International Harm Reduction Association IHRA
- International Narcotics Control Board INCB
- Mundo Antiprohibicionista Extensive online bibliography of historical and scholarly articles
- Observatorio Europeo de las Drogas y las Toxicomanías OEDT
- Observatoire francais des drogues et des toxicomanies OFDT
- Observatorio Interamericano sobre Drogas OID
- Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS
- Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra las Drogas y el Delito ONUDD
- Prime Numbers: the real numbers behind the illicit drug trade of heroine and cocaine Kilmer, Beau and Peter Reuter. Foreign Policy, December 2009
- UNODC Commission on Narcotic Drugs