Drug Policies and Development

Abstract

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Separating “Things” from “Objects” for the History of Opium Addiction

“…Naturally, this article is now well-suited to assume the mission of confirming the separation of things from objects in the ANT-based reality of opium addiction history by taking into consideration the theory of interaction and moral externalism (Chen 2022). In essence, the current opiate historiography dictates that our memories about the narcotic have been the end product of a series of reactions in which non-mystical facts of opium interacted with humanity's drug-centered psychologies to generate "chemistries" for the existential occurrences of opioid prohibitions in the historical realm (see Buxton et al 2020). By deduction, without the complement of "opiate substantiality," a mere writing of the drug's humanized influences impairs the full portrayal of a realist past for substance addictions.…”

Incentives War: The Consequences of Announcing a Substitution Policy on Coca Cultivation in Colombia

“…Other studies have shown that alternative development programs have not been successful in reducing illicit crop cultivation (Buxton 2015) 2 and have increased violence against target populations (Marín Llanes 2022). Mainly because the focus has been short-term (Lupu 2004), in small territorial spaces (Vargas 2011), and has been integrated into the security agenda, instead of to a broader development policy (Garzón & Gélvez 2018).…”