In light of the failure of the War on Drugs, the Bush administration is trying to implement new policies to reduce supply and demand of cocaine. Using published information and fieldwork data on Peru, the largest cocaine-producing country, this paper argues that the boom of cocaine production is the result of North-South politicoeconomic relations. In order to wean the Andean peasants from their dependence on the illicit cocaine economy, a comprehensive economic development in the national periphery is necessary.
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