Latin American Strategies to Improve the Fight Against Drugs

Abstract

This work explores the global strategies that have been implemented in Latin America in the fight against drugs, focusing on the work promoted by the Organization of American States, universal strategies such as those of the United Nations, and the work of the political conferences of the Americas that have specifically addressed the drug problem in their sessions.

Among the objectives of this investigation are: to analyze the conflicts related to the consumption, distribution and illegal economy around drugs in all their types and the crimes linked to them, such as drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering or corruption; another objective will be to confirm and compare, taking into account UNODC data, which countries continue to be the world's major coca growers. The method used was that of data retrieval by means of literature and statistical data, analyzed and interpreted according to objective criteria.

The results provided highlighted the achievements of the different international organizations in the fight against drugs, as well as the needs that still have to be met in this area.