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The war on drugs is politically charged, and intimately connected with the failure of American imperialism to fizzle out and fade away. As Lazare points out, "the anti-drug crusade has emerged as a holy crusade in its own right," (14). The War on Drugs has become woven into the fabric of American identity along with catchall phrases like liberty, freedom, and justice for all. Common sense has been incinerated faster than a DEA bust disposes of bushels of cocaine. It would all be funny if it weren't costing so many lives, in multiple countries. This research places the War on Drugs within a social, cultural, historical, and economic context; and based on an a review of literature, makes recommendations for change.
Methods include a review of literature and subsequent analysis and synthesis of concepts, facts, and ideas. Three central and several ancillary sources were used to conduct the literature review. These sources included one new book and several journal articles. In Cocaine, Death Squads, and the War...
Written post September 11, and in the era of the War on Terror, the authors question the connection between the Drug War and the War on Terror. The rhetoric is similar, as are the central political ideals, motives and ideology. To understand the current and future trends in the war on drugs, it is imperative to grasp its context within post-colonial political and economic constructs. This premise provides the framework for future research.
A review of literature methodology revealed that Colombia is the heart and hub of the crystal triangle, the next generation golden triangle. The lessons America failed to learn in Vietnam are playing themselves out in the Andes, where farmers and middlemen are engaged in a complex and sophisticated black market network. The network threatens to undermine the development of strong social, economic, and political institutions in Colombia and other…
Works Cited
Lazare, Daniel. "A Battle Against Reason, Democracy and Drugs." NACLA Report on the Americas. Vol. 35, No. 1, July/Aug 2001.
Sharpe, Kenneth E. And Spencer, William. "Refueling a Doomed War on Drugs." NACLA Report on the Americas. Vol. 35, No. 3. Nov/Dec 2001.
Villar, Oliver and Cottle, Drew. Cocaine, Death Squads, and the War on Terror. New York: Monthly Review, 2011.
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