Can Production and Trafficking of Illicit Drugs be Reduced or Merely Shifted?

The production of cocaine and heroin, the two most important drugs economically, has been concentrated in a small number of poor nations for 25 years. A slightly larger number of developing nations have been affected by large-scale trafficking in t...

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Main Author:	Reuter, Peter
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABUSE ADDICTION ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURE ALCOHOL ALCOHOLIC ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ANALGESICS BAN BOUNDARIES CANNABIS CARTEL CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL ASIAN CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR COCAINE COCAINE USE COMMERCE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFLICT CONSUMERS CORRUPTION COST INCREASE COUNTERPARTS CRACK CRIME CRIMINAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DOMESTIC MARKET DRUG DRUG ABUSE DRUG CONSUMPTION DRUG CONTROL PROGRAM DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS DRUG CZAR DRUG POLICIES DRUG SEIZURES DRUG TRADE DRUG TRAFFICKERS DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG USE DRUG USERS EAST EUROPE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTRADITION FAIR FIXED COSTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT HEROIN HOSTAGE ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLICIT DRUG ILLICIT DRUG TRADE ILLICIT DRUG USE ILLICIT DRUGS INDUSTRIALIZATION INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADING INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INTERNATIONAL TREATY LAW ENFORCEMENT MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL COSTS MARIJUANA MARKET CONDITIONS MARKETING MATHEMATICAL MODELS MEETING MILITARY LEADER MONOPOLY MORPHINE MURDERS NARCOTIC NARCOTICS NARCOTICS CONTROL NATIONS OBSERVERS OPIATE OPIATE ABUSE OPIATE ADDICTS OPIATE USERS OPIATES OPIUM OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE POLICE POPPIES PRICE INCREASES PRICE SUPPORT PRISON PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC HEALTH PURCHASE PRICE PURCHASING RECONSTRUCTION RETAIL RETAIL PRICE RETAIL PRICES REVOLUTION ROAD ROADS SALE SALES SANCTIONS SELLING DRUGS SMUGGLER SMUGGLERS SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOLDIERS SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICAN SPREAD SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS THEFT TOBACCO TRAFFICKING VALUE ADDED VICTIMS VIOLENCE WAGES WAR WEALTH WEST EUROPE WESTERN EUROPE WHOLESALE PRICES WHOLESALER WORLD MARKET WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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Can Production and Trafficking of Illicit Drugs be Reduced or Merely Shifted?

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