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Author: Transform Drug Policy Foundation

Title: The War on Drugs: Causing Deforestation and Pollution

Summary: Examining a range of environmental issues surrounding the war on drugs, the briefing includes several case studies as well as sections on: •The futility of drug crop eradications •The aerial fumigation of drug crops, a practice that is still permitted in the world’s second most biodiverse country, Colombia •The deforestation that occurs as law enforcement drives drug crop producers into ever more remote and ecologically valuable regions •The pollution caused by unregulated, illicit drug production methods While some of the consequences of the war on drugs are relatively well known and understood by those aware of the issue, the environmental impacts of current drug policy are seldom given proper consideration. This must change. As this briefing outlines, if these environmental costs are to be minimised or avoided, alternative forms of drug control must be explored.

Details: London: Transform Drug Policy Foundation, 2011. 12p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 12, 2012 at: http://www.countthecosts.org/sites/default/files/Environment-briefing.pdf

Year: 2011

Country: International

URL: http://www.countthecosts.org/sites/default/files/Environment-briefing.pdf

Shelf Number: 123591

Keywords:
Crop Eradication
Deforestation
Drug Control
Drug Policy
Environment
Pollution
War on Drugs