Aerial Interdiction

One of the "supply side" (crop eradication and interdiction) strategies in the War on Drugs is aerial spraying with herbicides, a tactic that has proven to be ineffective and harmful. The indiscriminate spraying of chemicals has a negative impact on the local ecology and human health. Furthermore, crop eradication without alternative development, leaves small farmers even less economically secure than before, continuing their dependence on drug crop cultivation.

Drugs on the agenda of Colombian peace talks

December 2012
Drugs and Democracy

Inclusion of the drug issue on the agenda of the peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC, which are being held in Havana, Cuba, is a smart move.

Crops for illicit use and ecocide

December 2008
Nr. 28 - 
Germán Andrés Quimbayo Ruiz

A comparative reflection on the impact of illicit crops, drug control policy and other sectors of the economy on ecosystems and the environment in Colombia

Crop spraying

December 2007
Nr. 25 - 
Drugs and Democracy

The United States is putting strong pressure on the Afghan government to officially adopt the strategy of eradicating the opium poppy through aerial spraying of the crops with the herbicide glyphosate.

Chemical & Biological War on Drugs overview

November 2005
Drugs and Democracy

Links and documents on the Chemical and Biological war on drugs

The Double Role of Drug Trafficking in State Terrorism and Militarized Democracy

April 1997
Samuel Blixen

The Mexican army, that historically has maintained a stringent "nationalistic" stance towards the United States, now supports a form of militarization that, disguising itself as a "war on drugs", imposes a "democracy of national security".