U.S. Drug Policy: Shaping Relations With Latin America

Abstract

Recent state-level changes in drug policy have raised the prospect that similar changes in federal policy may one day follow. Any such changes will have profound effects on U.S. relations with its neighbors to the south. This thesis attempts to analyze the effects of U.S. drug policy on the overall character of U.S. relations with Latin America. U.S. policy and actions have created a pattern of relationships and side effects in Latin America that can help predict how a continuation, or a change, of current U.S. drug policy may alter U.S. relations with Latin America and influence social and political conditions within the major drug-producing countries of the region. This thesis also seeks to explore policy alternatives to curtail drug related crimes and health issues, which current prohibitive policies exacerbate, and outlines steps to help new policies reach actual implementation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA606836

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Bond

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Foreign Relations
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Population
  • International Relations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Public Policy
  • Social Welfare
  • Societies
  • Treaties

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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