Illicit Drug Production and Supply‐side Drugs Policy in Asia and South America

David Whynes

Development and Change, 1991, vol. 22, issue 3, 475-496

Abstract: This paper examines the feasibility of current policies of supply limitation as an instrument for the control of dangerous drugs (principally South American cocaine and Asian heroin). The structure of production and distribution is examined, and revenue estimates are made. A range of supply‐side policy options are evaluated by means of a simple game‐theory approach. In all cases, it is concluded that supply‐side policies are likely to prove ineffectual as a means of drug control.

Date: 1991
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