Does tougher enforcement make drugs more expensive?

HA Pollack, P Reuter - Addiction, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To review empirical research that seeks to relate marginal increases in enforcement
against the supply of illicit drugs to changes in drug prices at the level of the drug supply …

The militarization of law enforcement: Evidence from Latin America

GA Flores-Macías, J Zarkin - Perspectives on politics, 2021 - cambridge.org
What are the political consequences of militarizing law enforcement? Across the world, law
enforcement has become increasingly militarized over the last three decades, with civilian …

[LIBRO][B] Beyond the city: the rural contribution to development

DM De Ferranti - 2005 - books.google.com
In Latin American and Caribbean history, rural societies have been at the center of both the
origins of prosperity and of social upheaval. Rural communities have access to a wealth of …

[HTML][HTML] Post-conflict transition and REDD+ in Colombia: Challenges to reducing deforestation in the Amazon

JC Rodríguez-de-Francisco, C del Cairo… - Forest Policy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
REDD+ is a mechanism to address climate change by reducing deforestation and forest
degradation. In this article, the implementation of the REDD Early Movers-REM/Visión …

From maize to haze: Agricultural shocks and the growth of the mexican drug sector

O Dube, O García-Ponce, K Thom - Journal of the European …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Understanding how economic incentives affect illegal drug production is essential for
crafting policies in response to the international drug trade. Policymakers typically face a …

Caught in the middle, Colombia's war on drugs and its effects on forest and people

A Rincón-Ruiz, G Kallis - Geoforum, 2013 - Elsevier
Coca plantations are the largest illegal agribusiness in the world, and Colombia is the
world's leading coca producer. Since 1994, the Colombian state, with the aid of the US, has …

Eradication efforts, the state, displacement and poverty: Explaining coca cultivation in Colombia during Plan Colombia

ML Dion, C Russler - Journal of Latin American Studies, 2008 - cambridge.org
This study models the sub-national pattern of coca cultivation in Colombia following the
implementation of Plan Colombia (2001–2005). The results suggest that aerial eradication …

Coca cultivation and crop eradication in Colombia: The challenges of integrating rural reality into effective anti-drug policy

A Rincón-Ruiz, HL Correa, DO León… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper examines the positive and negative (or intended and unintended) impacts of anti-
drug policies such as the aerial spraying of coca crops in Colombia. It provides spatial …

On the effects of enforcement on illegal markets: evidence from a quasi-experiment in Colombia

D Mejía, P Restrepo, SV Rozo - The World Bank Economic …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This paper studies the effects of enforcement on illegal behavior in the context of a large
aerial spraying program designed to curb coca cultivation in Colombia. In 2006, the …

Travel medicine, coca and cocaine: demystifying and rehabilitating Erythroxylum – a comprehensive review

I Bauer - Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines, 2019 - Springer
Few travel health measures are as controversial as the use of coca leaves at high altitude;
yet, there appears widespread ignorance among health professionals and the general …