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Crops for illicit use and ecocide
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

Losing Ground
Martin Jelsma
Tom Kramer
 Cristian Rivier

This Drugs & Conflict briefing focuses on opium elimination efforts and the controversy about involving military forces in anti-drugs operations in Afghanistan.

The Politics of Glyphosate
TNI
A Few Comments about the OAS-CICAD Study of the Impact of Glyphosate used in the Eradication of Illicit Crops in Colombia
Ricardo Vargas
Plan Afghanistan

In November 2004 an unknown mystery plane sprayed opium poppy fields in eastern Afghanistan. Although the US denied any involvement, the US State Department is pressing for aggressive aerial eradiction campaigns to counter the booming opium economy. Due to policy controversies the State...

Plan Colombia's Aerial Spraying. A Failure Foretold
TNI
Fumigations: The debate
TNI
Ecuador: "Collateral Damage" From Aerial Spraying on the Northern Border
TNI
Forward Operating Locations in Latin America
Amira Armenta
Martin Jelsma
Pien Metaal
Tom Blickman
 Virginia Montañés and Theo Roncken

This issue of Drugs & Conflict explains the background to and operation of the US Forward Operating Locations (FOLs) in Ecuador, El Salvador and Aruba/Curacao, established since 1999.

Cross Purposes
Ricardo Vargas

The anti-drug strategy in Colombia limits the establishment of the basic political conditions necessary to attain the socio-economic goals of alternative development.

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