International Drug Trafficking: The DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) Perspective (From International Drug Trafficking, P 29-44, 1988, Dennis Rowe, ed. -- See NCJ-117642)

• NCJ Number: 117645
• Author(s): C J Gutensohn
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 16 pages
• Sale Source: University of Illinois at Chicago
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. A paper presented at the Second Annual Symposium on Criminal Justice Issues, August 23-26, 1987, Chicago, Ill.

Annotation

This review of drug control around the world focuses on the efforts of a number of nations and the role played by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in each of the major drug-producing and transit areas.

Abstract

An overview of the status of drug enforcement in South America focuses on Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Brazil. DEA efforts in Central American and Caribbean source and transit countries are also considered. An overview of drug enforcement efforts in Southwest Asia concerns Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, and a discussion of drug enforcement efforts in Southeast Asia encompasses Burma, Thailand, and Laos. The paper concludes that progress has been made in international cooperative efforts in countering drug production, trafficking, and abuse. There are more nations -- including drug-source, drug-transit, and consumer countries -- now involved in drug control efforts than at any other time. DEA has been particularly involved in eradication as a long-range drug supply reduction strategy. These efforts have been notably strong in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, and the United States. The long-range solution to the drug problem, however, is in prevention and education to reduce the demand for drugs.