Author: Gregorio Lanza

Coca Prohibited.

Editor: Hisbol. La Paz Bolivia

INDEX SECTION I –
FROM COCA TO COCAINE
1.1 A Brief History of the Coca Leaf
1.1.1 The Pre-Colombian Period
1.1.2 Coca in the Colonies
1.1.3 Coca in the Republic
1.1.4 The Present Consumption and Use of the Coca Leaf
1.2The Coca-Cocaine Relation
1.2.1The Transformation of Coca into Cocaine
1.2.2First Uses of Cocaine
1.2.3The Boom in Coca Demand
1.2.4The Rise in the Supply of Cocaine

 SECTION II – BOLIVIA: THE COCA ECONOMY AND ITS DERIVATIVES
2.1The Economic Situation
2.1.1Focusing on Poverty
2.2Agrarian Structure
2.2.1Traditional and Modern Agriculture
2.3Coca Farming
2.3.1Coca Production in the Yungas
2.3.1.1The Campesino in the Yungas
2.3.1.2Women in the Yungas
2.3.1.3The Coca Market of the Yungas
2.3.2Coca in the Chapare
2.3.2.1The Campesino Producer and Immigration
2.3.2.2The Present Situation of the Campesino Coca Grower 2.3.2.3Women in the Chapare
2.4 The Coca-Cocaine Connection
2.4.1 The Agro-Industrial Coca Chain
2.4.2 Participation of Coca and its Derivatives in the GNP

SECTION III – THE ANTI-DRUG WAR
3.1 State Policies
3.1.1 Policies of the North American State
3.1.2 Policies of the United Nations
3.1.3 Policies of the European Community
3.1.4 Policies of the Bolivian State
3.2 The True Nature of the Anti-Drug War
3.2.1 A Geopolitical, Economic and Military Strategy
3.2.2 The White House s New Strategy
3.2.3 The Advances of the European Community
3.2.4 Option Zero : A Difficult Objective to Reach

 SECTION IV – COERCIVE STRATEGIC MECHANISMS
4.1 Interdiction
4.2 Militarization and the Pentagon
4.3 Law 1008 4.4 Extradition

SECTION V – COCA, SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
5.1 Civil Society
5.1.1 The Media
5.1.2 The Church
5.1.3 NGOs
5.2 Social Conflicts
5.3 Corruption and Drug Politics
5.3.1 Police Corruption
5.3.2 Judicial Corruption
5.3.3 Military Corruption
5.3.4 Political Corruption
5.4 Violence, Human Rights and Sovereignty
5.4.1 Violence and Human Rights
5.4.2 Sovereignty

SECTION VI – ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT
6.1 The Agroyungas Experience
6.2 The Chapare Experience
6.2.1 The USAID Strategy
6.2.2 The United Nations Through the UNDCP
6.3 A Global Evaluation of Alternative Development
6.3.1 The Institutional Framework
6.3.2 Campesino Participation and the Economy
6.3.3 At the Level of Investments
6.3.4 On an Infrastructural Level
6.3.5 Eradication
6.3.6 In Conclusion
6.4 A Multilateral Evaluation of Agencies and Governments
6.5 Recommendations for Alternative Development
6.5.1 Agro-ecology, Manpower, Investments and Markets
6.5.2 Some Specific Products
6.5.2.1 In the Migration Zones
6.5.2.2 In the Coca Growing Areas

SECTION VII – OTHER ALTERNATIVES
7.1 Industrialization and Depenalization of the Coca Leaf
7.1.1 Coca and Nutrition
7.1.2 Coca and Medicine
7.1.3 Exportation for Coca-Cola
7.1.4 Coca Derivatives
7.1.5 The Depenalization of the Coca Leaf
7.2 Networks of Reflection and Alternative Policies
7.2.1 Acci¢n Andina
7.2.2 Consejo Andino de Productores de Coca
7.2.3 Comisi¢n Andina de Juristas
7.2.4 NGOs in Europe
7.2.5 Andean Information Network
7.2.6 WOLA
7.2.7 The Drug Policy Foundation

SECTION VIII – DEPENALIZATION
8.1 Consequences of Prohibition
8.1.1 At an Economic Level
8.1.2 At a Health and Social Level
8.1.3 At the Judicial and Penal Level
8.1.4 At the Human Resource Level
8.2 The Anti-Prohibition Option
8.3 Conclusions SECTION IX –

CONCLUSIONS
9.1Awareness of the Complexity of Coca-Cocaine
9.2 Develop the Chapare and Fight Poverty
9.3 The Need for a Transition Strategy
9.4 An Agressive International Policy
9.5 Start National and International Initiatives

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