Whether Afghanistan is a villain for producing opium or the victim of international power, the result is people who feel they have no hope. Death, destruction and depression: Understanding Afghanistan (PDF)
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Druglink article 2001 – Getting to market: Trafficking takes it easy by Tamara Makarenko
Developments in the countries around Afghanistan have led to the expansion of less regulated ‘northern’ trafficking routes Getting to market: Trafficking takes it easy (PDF)
Druglink article 2001 – Easy targets: hard drugs by Joan Smith
The USA has a history of problematic drug use back to the 19th century. Punishing users has failed so the US is now exporting castigation to producers. South America is becoming the whipping boy of drug-ravaged USA Easy targets: hard…
Druglink article 2000 – Supporting intervention: ethics in research by Jo Apply, David Pyle and Geoff Wootton
A study by the US Institute for Defense Analysis attempted to look at how intervention close to the source of cocaine influences availability, ignoring whether the threat of drugs justifies the sometimes extreme actions involved. Druglink asked three commentators for…
Druglink article 2000 – Traffic targets: supply strategies by Nicholas Dorn
The UK spends more on drug enforcement than on demand reduction while knowing little about effectiveness. Could better understanding and greater effectiveness in anti – trafficking take pressure off drug users. Traffic targets: supply strategies (PDF)
Druglink news item 2013 – Poppy daze by Harry Shapiro
Media interpretation of the implications of the current bumper opium crop in Afghanistan is flawed. Poppy daze (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Misguided missiles: Drugs war in Colombia by Axel Klein
Britain supports the US war on drugs in Colombia and it may be that British firms are developing biological controls for coca Misguided missiles: Drugs war in Colombia (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Out of Africa – In to trafficking by Axel Klein
The rise of the Nigerian global trafficking syndicates Out of Africa – In to trafficking (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – Chinese takeaway by Peter Shadbolt
A massive police raid on a meth-making village in China exposed the links between the country’s vast chemical industry and Mexican drug gangs. Chinese takeaway (PDF)
Druglink interview 2014 – John Collins by Harry Shapiro
John Collins coordinates the international drug policy project at LSE IDEAS. He is the editor of the latest report to call for an end to the drugs war, but the analysis from this expert group of economists points to a more realistic, incremental approach than sweeping…