strategy
Fighting war against drugs
Implementation:
Despite 2 years of extensive herbicide spraying [source country eradication], US estimates show there has not been any net reduction in Colombian coca cultivation - net coca cultivation actually increased 50 percent.
Claim:
To achieve a one percent reduction in US cocaine consumption, the United States could spend an additional $34 million on drug treatment programmes, or 20 times more, $783 million, on efforts to eradicate the supply at the source.
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies