Drug Policies, Addiction and Eradication
In: Substance Abuse Assessment, Interventions and Treatment
Intro -- DRUG POLICIES, ADDICTION AND ERADICATION -- DRUG POLICIES, ADDICTION AND ERADICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY -- Abstract -- Introduction -- U.S. National Drug Control Strategy -- Agency Roles -- International Drug Control Tools -- Multilateral Cooperation -- Foreign Assistance Sanctions -- "Drug Majors" and the Certificate Process -- Methamphetamine Precursor Chemicals -- Crop Eradiction -- Alternative Development -- Interdiction -- Anti-Money Laundering Efforts -- Extradition -- Institutional Capacity Building -- Legislative Issues for the 111th Congress -- Merida Initiative -- Plan Columbia and the Andean Counterdrug Program -- Afghanistan Counterdrug Programs -- Alternative Policy Approaches -- Rebalance Current Drug Policy Tools -- Emphasize "Hard Side" of Counternarcotics Policy -- Emphasize "Soft Side" of Counternarcotics Policy -- Emphasize Drug Demand Reduction -- Reevaluate Prohibitionist Drug Regime -- Legalize Illegal Drugs -- Decriminalize Illegal Drugs -- Allow Government-Supervised Drug Use for Addicts -- Expand International Criminal Court Jurisdiction -- References -- Chapter 2 U.S. ASSISTANCE HAS HELPED MEXICAN COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS, BUT THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES REMAINS HIGH -- Summary -- Background -- Illicit Drug Production and Trafficking by Mexican Drug Organizations Have Continued Virtually Unabated -- Corruption Persists within the Mexican Government -- Mexican DTOs Control Drug Trafficking in Mexico and Have Extended Their Reach into the United States -- U.S. Assistance Helped Mexico Improve Its Counternarcotics Efforts, but Coordination Can Be Improved -- Extraditions of Mexican Drug Traffickers Have Increased -- Efforts to Counter Money Laundering Are Progressing