Farrell, G orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-8457 (1998) A Global Empirical Review of Drug Crop Eradication and United Nations' Crop Substitution and Alternative Development Strategies. Journal of Drug Issues, 28 (2). pp. 395-436. ISSN 0022-0426
Abstract
Under international law, the cultivation of opium poppy, coca bush, and cannabis plant is allowed only for limited medical and scientific purposes. All other cultivation of these plants is marked for removal via eradication or other means, and strategies to implement these laws are reviewed. Globally, the annual risk of eradication is consistently below 10% for each crop. Evidence regarding socioeconomic development policies is taken from over two decades of United Nations programs in 11 countries. Using any measure of performance, they have had little impact. Even with marginal revisions in their methodology, the likelihood of these policies achieving their aims in the near future seems minimal.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2019 08:17 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2019 08:17 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/002204269802800207 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:116399 |