The ONDCP has also retroactively (and without any explanation) reduced it’s estimates for Bolivian coca cultivation from 2005-2011 (the years since Morales’s election). I’m not sure what’s going on…
Although the US frequently pats Colombia on the back for coca reduction and anti-drug efforts, Bolivia’s coca cultivation is substantially lower than Colombia’s, especially when factoring in the 12,000 hectares…
On July 9, the US Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) published its estimates of potential cocaine production in the Andes, citing a significant region-wide decrease from 2011 to…
This article was originally published in Stability: International Journal of Security and Development. View full text and .pdf versions here. From Conflict to Collaboration: An Innovative Approach to Reducing Coca…