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Drugs & (dis)order: Findings and future directions
Join us for Drugs & (dis)order's final event to hear findings from four years of research and debate policy and practice at the interface of illicit drugs, development and peacebuilding.
‘Everything peasants do is illegal’: Colombian coca growers’ everyday experiences of law enforcement and its impacts on state legitimacy
This article draws on coca farmer accounts to argue that if the state continues to wage war against the peasantry, it will hardly achieve effective governance of the coca frontier.
'La Paz con hambre y bala está muy difícil.' Informe de seguimiento a la implementación del PNIS
En este informe hacemos una evaluación a la implementación del Programa Nacional Integral de Sustitución de cultivos de uso ilícito.
Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving
The trade in drugs and people are growing in importance as other sectors of Afghanistan's economy contract or shut down and poverty deepens.
Entangled lives: Drug assemblages in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan
Exploring the lifeworld of drugs, following their journey from the farmers' field to their arrival at the border with Tajikistan.
Research Sites
The research programme will draw on empirical data from Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar
Afghanistan
Afghanistan is estimated to produce 90% of heroin consumed in the UK. We're working in three borderland Afghanistan regions.
Colombia
Since Colombia's 2016 peace agreement, coca cultivation has expanded. We're working in four Colombian borderland sites.
Myanmar
Myanmar is the second largest producer of illicit opium in the world. We're working in two Myanmar borderland states.
Recent Tweets
"The trade in drugs and people are growing in importance as other sectors of the economy contract or shut down and poverty deepens."
Professor Jonathan Goodhand and Jan Koehler of @SOASDevelopment write about heroin and human trafficking in Afghanistan.
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