Disabusing cocaine: Pervasive myths and enduring realities of a globalised commodity

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 381-386

  Dávalos, Liliana M ^a   Bejarano, Adriana C ^b   Correa, H Leonardo ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Sistema Integrado de Monitoreo   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coca crop; Colombia; Environmental degradation; Globalisation; Social crisis

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; COCA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COLOMBIA; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG TRAFFIC; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL FUMIGATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 67651119933     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.08.007     Document Type: Note

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