Environmental Dimensions of the 'war on drugs'

We investigate the environmental dimensions of the war on drugs and the international drug prohibition regime.

Liliana Davalos, an evolutionary biologist from Stony Brook University in New York, tells us how growing coca crops in Colombia for the international drug market began and the impact it’s had.

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-24/colombias-forests-si...

Neil Woods, former undercover police officer, author, member of Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) and the newly established Drug Policy Reform and Environmental Justice Coalition, describes the wealth and power of multinational drug networks, how whole countries can be corrupted and the impact on the environment.

https://www.newthinking.com/sustainability/environmental-dimensions-of-d...

https://www.search.org.au/neil_woods_drug_wars_or_new_laws

Breaking news

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/13/im-not-afraid-ecuadors-ass...

References

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-24/colombias-forests-si...

https://www.newthinking.com/sustainability/environmental-dimensions-of-d...

https://hir.harvard.edu/aerial-fumigation-in-colombia-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/20/colombia-cant-resume-coca-aerial-spraying-for-now-court-rules

Additional audio

History.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-K60XXaPKw

Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/20/colombia-cant-resume-coca-aerial-spraying-for-now-court-rules

Photo: Flavia-carpioP3PFi8T Unsplash

Music: El Liso en Aleyo  by Louis Towers

Earth Matters #1413

Produced by Judith Peppard