Ending the War on Drugs Beginning on the Front lines: Colombia - Annotated Bibliography Example

Download file to see previous pages... During the 1980s, we find that majority of the news on drugs that came from the country were all centered on the Cali and Medellin cartels. The former leader of the Medellin cartel known as Pablo Escobar was more than often depicted by the government of the United States as well as the media as the major enemy of the war on drugs. The formation of the cartels had been done during 1980s by the processors together with the traffickers of cocaine who were gaining supernormal profits from the market of cocaine that was really booming and flourishing. This led to the sights of the policy of the United States war on drugs being focused on the Cali and Medellin (Earlywine 73).
Determination is not all it takes in order to be in a position of winning the war on drugs. The United States of America, since the year 2000, has sent over six billion dollars to Bogota to assist Alvaro Uribe, the president of Colombia together with his predecessor in stabilizing the Andean area, stop the drugs flow into the cities of the United States and reduce the production of drugs. In the so-called ‘plan Colombia,’ the United States sent choppers and pilots to the country, offered training to commandoes and prepared weapons for fighting terrorists and drug traffickers. President Uribe, on his part together with his predecessor increased the military budget from four to six percent of the total national Gross Domestic Product. However, instead of reducing the production of drugs in half by the year 2006, as was intended by the Plan Colombia, the piece of lands set aside for the cultivation of coca is up fifteen percent since the year 2000 and presently produces four percent more cocaine as compared to about eight years ago. ...Download file to see next pagesRead More