Center for Security Studies

No. 13: The Illicit Drug Industry as a Security Policy Challenge

No. 13: The Illicit Drug Industry as a Security Policy Challenge

Author(s): Cornelius Friesendorf
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 13
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2007

Drug production, trafficking, and consumption undermine the security of states as well as individuals and affect the economy and the environment negatively. Anti-drug strategies are the subject of controversial debates. Reformist actors argue that the US-led repressive approach that has dominated the field until now is inefficient and has caused a great deal of damage. They argue in favor of a paradigm shift towards a harm reduction approach. While no international consensus is in the offing so far, drug problems continue to increase.

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