La política de drogas como política de conservación ambiental: el fenómeno de la narcodeforestación

El ambiente de Centroamérica también se está viendo afectado por la guerra contra las drogas.

Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

Suscríbase a las Alertas mensuales del IDPC para recibir información sobre cuestiones relacionadas con políticas sobre drogas.

The watershed 2013 report, The Drug Problem in the Americas, highlights a shift toward multilateral support for hemispheric drug policy reform. This report by the Organization of American States (OAS) reviews failures of the U.S.-led prohibitionist “war on drugs” and urges states to reconsider orthodox “supply-side” strategies (including interdiction and drug crop eradication), and to focus more on demand-side policy experimentation. In Central America, a key zone of drug transit that is being ripped apart by narco-fueled violence and corruption, the push for reform signals hope that the conditions fueling drug traffickers' profits and corrosive political influence may eventually be dismantled.

Read here the full article (restricted access)

Keep up-to-date with drug policy developments by subscribing to the IDPC Monthly Alert.