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Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD). http://www.cicad.oas.org/en/default.asp Organization of American States. CICAD's core mission is to strengthen the human and institutional capabilities and harness the collective energy of its member states to reduce the production, trafficking and use and abuse of drugs in the Americas.

International Drug Control Policy. Liana Sun Wyler, CRS Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics. RL34543. August 24, 2009. Text
This report provides an overview of U.S. international drug control policy. It describes major international counternarcotics initiatives and evaluates the broad array of U.S. drug control policy tools currently in use. The report also considers alternative counterdrug policy approaches to current initiatives and raises several counterdrug policy issues and considerations for policy makers.

International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. The INCSR is the United States Government's country-by-country two volume report that describes the efforts to attack all aspects of the international drug trade, chemical control, money laundering and financial crimes. Full-text of the INCSR since 2000
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Illicit Drug Trafficking and U.S. Counterdrug Programs. Clare Ribando Seelke, CRS Coordinator. R41215. April 30, 2010. Text
This report provides an overview of the drug flows in the Americas and U.S. antidrug assistance programs in the region. It also raises some policy issues for Congress to consider as it exercises oversight of U.S. antidrug programs and policies in the Western Hemisphere.

National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy. Office of National Drug Control Policy. June 2009. Text
An update of the 2007 strategy. The present strategy expands its original focus of stemming the inbound flow of illegal drugs from Mexico and addresses the role that the outbound flow of illegal cash and weapons plays in sustaining the cartels.

Regional Drug Control in the Western Hemisphere and the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Fact Sheet

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (ODC).
ODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime, which consists of the UN International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Center for International Crime Prevention (CICP).

World Drug Report 2010. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. June 23, 2010 The report opens with an analytical discussion of three key transnational drug markets: the markets for heroin, cocaine and amphetamine-type stimulants. The market discussion is followed by a presentation of statistical trends for all major drug categories. The latest information on drug production, seizures and consumption is presented. Finally, there is a discussion on the relationship between drug trafficking and instability. English | Spanish (Executive summary)



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