The implementation of anti-drug policies that focus on illicit crops in theAndean countries faces many significant obstacles, one of which is the culturalclash it generates between the main stakeholders. On the one handone finds the governments and agencies that attempt to implement...

...La gran concentración de la industria de drogas ilegales contradice creenciasy lugares comunes respecto a las razones por las cuales un país producedichas substancias. Comúnmente se afirma que las drogas ilegales seproducen simplemente porque son muy rentables. Esta afirmación es simpley...

This essay analyses the nature of the drug policy formulation problem,describes a theory of competitive advantage in illicit drugs, draws somepolicy implications from this theory, analyses the characteristics of the maindrug producing countries that make them prone to develop the illicit...