Overview

This volume examines drug policies and the role of cooperation in the Americas. Many current and former politicians have discussed the failures of the war on drugs and the need for alternative approaches. Uruguay as well as Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana. The Organization of American states produced a report in 2013 which discussed alternative policy options to the drug war. This work examines the nature of cooperation and drug policies in the twenty-first century in the Americas, highlighting the major challenges and obstacles. The argument is that one country cannot solve drug trafficking as it is a transnational problem. Therefore, the producing, consuming, and transit countries must work together and cooperate.

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Author:   Roberto Zepeda ,  Jonathan D. Rosen ,  Jonathan D. Rosen ,  Marlon Anatol
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780739195994

ISBN 10:   0739195999
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   30 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda Chapter 1: Competing Models: International Initiatives and the War on Drugs Ted Galen Carpenter Chapter 2: Debating Reforms: Latin America and the International Drug Control Regime Coletta A. Youngers Chapter 3: Counternarcotic Policies and Cooperation in Colombia: A Shift in Policy? Jonathan D. Rosen and Robert Zepeda Chapter 4: Cooperation and Drug Policies: Trends in Peru in the Twenty-First Century Barnett S.- Koven and Cynthia McClintock Chapter 5: Current Trends in Caribbean Cooperation in the War on Drugs: A Study of Guyana Mark Kirton and Marlon Anatol Chapter 6: Mexico, Cooperation, and the Drug Policies in the Twenty-First Century Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda Chapter 7: Drug Trafficking: A Symptom of Crisis in Honduras Brian Fonseca and Randy Pestana Chapter 8: The Dawn of Post-Hegemonic Cooperation? Combating Transnational Narcotics in the Insular Caribbean Lilean Bobea Chapter 9: The War on Drugs in Haiti Christa Remmington and Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor Chapter 10: Inventando Caminos: Cannabis regulation in Uruguay Astrid Arrarás and Emily D. Bello-Pardo Ch 11: Cooperation, Security and the Drug phenomenon in the Inter-American Context Betty Horwitz Ch 12: Perspectives of Decriminalization and Legalization of Illicit Drugs Peter Watt and Roberto Zepeda

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Jonathan D. Rosen is research professor at the Institute of International Studies at the Universidad del Mar, Mexico. Roberto Zepeda is research professor at the Institute of International Studies at the Universidad del Mar, Mexico.

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