Includes index.

Cover -- Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface: On the Study of Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Twenty-First Century -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges to Democracy -- PART I. U.S. DRUG POLICIES AT HOME AND ABROAD -- 1. Coca, Cocaine, and Consumption: Trends and Antitrends -- 2. Illegal Drugs as a National Security Threat: Securitization of Drugs in the U.S. Official Discourse -- 3. The War on Drugs and the Role of SOUTHCOM -- 4. Mission Creep: The U.S. Military's Counterdrug Role in the Americas -- 5. Security Challenges at the U.S.-Mexican Border: Understanding the Security Threats to State and Local Governments -- 6. Drug-Control Policies in the United States: Patterns, Prevalence, and Problems of Drug Use in the United States -- PART II. DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ORGANIZED CRIME: COUNTRY AND REGIONAL ANALYSES -- COLOMBIA -- 7. Colombia and Its Wars against Drug Trafficking, 1970-2010 -- 8. Illicit Drugs in the Colombia-U.S. Relationship: Review and Prospects -- 9. Escalating Heroin Consumption and the Spread of HIV in Colombia: An Emerging Public Health Threat -- BOLIVIA -- 10. Bolivian Drug Policy under the Morales Administration -- PERU -- 11. The Vicious Cycle: The Resurgence of Drug Production and Drug Trafficking in Peru -- MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN -- 12. In Search of the Mérida Initiative: From Antecedents to Practical Results -- 13. Police Reform in Mexico: A Never-Ending Story -- 14. Democracy, Security, and Organized Crime in Central America -- 15. Seeking Out the State: Organized Crime, Violence, and Statetropism in the Caribbean -- BRAZIL.

16. The Power of Organized Crime in Brazil: From Public and Social Challenges to the Effectiveness of Reforms -- ARGENTINA -- 17. Under (Loose) Control: Drug Trafficking in Argentina in Times of Paradigm Change -- PART III. REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DRUG-CONTROL POLICIES -- 18. The Role of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission: Confronting the Problem of Illegal Drugs in the Americas -- 19. The Strategies of the European Union against Drug Trafficking -- 20. Analytical Conclusions: The Search for Alternative Drug Policies in the Americas -- List of Contributors -- Index.

In 1971, Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. Despite foreign policy efforts and attempts to combat supply lines, the United States has been for decades, and remains today, the largest single consumer market for illicit drugs on the planet. In this volume, Bruce Bagley and Jonathan Rosen illustrate that the war on drugs has been ineffective at best and, at worst, has been highly detrimental to countries throughout the region. They present a clear picture of drug trafficking and its role in organized crime while discussing the major trends of the war on drugs in the twenty-first century, as well as its future. With this comprehensive overview, Bagley and Rosen develop a framework for understanding the limits and liabilities in the U.S.-championed war on drugs throughout the Americas.

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