Drug Policy
- ONDCP Reports Coca Cultivation on the Rise in Colombia: The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) reported that coca cultivation in Colombia reached 144,000 hectares in 2005, a level not seen since 2002, April 2006.
- Analysis
of the rise in coca production in Colombia (pdf) by the
Center for International Policy, April 2006.
- Eradicating Hope in Colombia: Fair Trade, Organic Coffee Farms Damaged by 'Plan Colombia' Herbicide Spraying, by Lutheran World Relief, December 2005.
- New
Science on Roundup: Threats to Human Health and Wildlife,
by Rachel Massey, June 2005.
- Going
to Extremes: The U.S.-Funded Aerial Eradication Program in Colombia
(pdf) - A new publication examines the effect of the
US-funded aerial fumigation program of coca plants, March 2004.
- The
Numbers Game: Coca Cultivation in Colombia (pdf)
A response to State Department findings that coca cultivation is decreasing in Colombia, April 2003.
- Blunt
Instrument: The United States' Punitive Fumigation Program in Colombia
A LAWG publication on the human impact of US anti-drug policy in Colombia, October 2002.
- Scientists'
report on the impact of US-funded fumigation efforts in Colombia, compiled
by the Amazon Alliance
Published in September of 2002, this report extensively documents the human, environmental, cultural impact of fumigation in Colombia, refuting claims by the State Department that fumigation is safe for humans and the environment.
- Defensoria
del Pueblo informe sobre la fumigación en Colombia
(Colombia's Human Rights Ombudsman fumigation report) Spanish Only
A recent report on the impact of US-supported fumigation in Colombia on small farmers and the armed conflict, 2001.
- Report on Alternative Development by AIDA
- Alternative Development Strategies
in Colombia: Moving Beyond Illicit Crop Fumigation - Estrategias
de desarrollo alternativo en Colombia: La necesidad de acciones más
allá de las fumigaciones a cultivos ilícitos
This report by AIDA analyzes a few of the sustainable, alternative development programs that have proven more effective than aerial drug crop spraying, August 2006.- Read Report, pdf (Spanish only) / Ver informe en español, pdf
- Read
Executive Summary, pdf (English)
- Farmers
Learn to Plant New Crops – A USAID program helps
a rural family transition to growing legal and sustainable crops, April
2006.
- Farms
Swap Coca Crop for Dairy Products - A USAID program provides
assistance to rural farmers, helping them establish dairy farms, April
2006.
- Alternative
Development: A Global Thematic Evaluation (pdf) - A UNODC
report on the promise of alternative development programs in providing
farmers economic and social incentives to abandon the production of
illicit crops, 2005.
- Alternative
Development in the South American Andes: Report of Findings
-- by UNODC consultant James Jones, December 2004. (pdf)
- An
Overview of Alternative Development in the South American Andes
-- by UNODC consultant James Jones, September 2004. (pdf)
- War
and Drugs in Colombia – A report on the way drug-trafficking
fuels the armed conflict, which also proposes alternative approaches
to coca eradication and reducing demand in the United States, written
by the International Crisis Group, January 2005.
- Blueprint for a New Colombia Policy -- A detailed analysis of current U.S.-Colombia policy which gives recommendations to policy makers for improving U.S. policy toward Colombia, March 2005.
- Are We There Yet? Measuring
Progress in the U.S. War on Drugs in Latin America, a WOLA publication
on drug policy.
March 2005
Click here for the version in English (pdf)¿Ya llegamos? Midiendo el Progreso de la Guerra Contra las Drogas de Estados Unidos en América Latina, una publicación de WOLA sobre la política estadounidense sobre el control de drogas.
Marzo del 2005
En Espaņol (pdf) - War and Drugs in Colombia
Dumping anti-drug policies and anti-insurgency policies together in Colombia reduces the chances that either will succeed and hinders the search for peace. A report by the International Crisis Group, January 2005. - Center
for International Policy analysis on US mission expansion in Colombia
This February 2003 report outlines US policy in Colombia, which was originally limited to counter-drug activities, and its expansion to include counter-insurgency assistance. An excellent background piece, the report raises crucial questions about the direction of US military assistance programs in Colombia.
- UNDP Report – Callejon con salida
This report from the UNDP takes a thorough look at the Colombian conflict. The chapter on drug policy offers a balanced look at a complex issue with an analysis that offers a view different from that of the United States, September 2003.
- State Department International Narcotics
Control Strategy Report
Released March 1, 2003, this annual report covers US anti-drug activities world-wide. The Colombia section lays out US policy goals in Colombia, documents anti-drug activities for 2002, and discusses some of the quantifiable results.
