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drug war vs. alternative development

Den Drogen haben schon viele Politiker den Krieg erklärt und für deren Bekämpfung in den Anbaugebieten Milliarden ausgegeben. Ganz vorne hier natürlich die Amerikaner. Egal ob die Koka-Plantagen in Südamerika oder die Schlafmohnfelder in Afghanistan. Der Steuerzahler bekommt für sein Geld meist zu sehen wie irgendwelche bewaffneten Einheiten die Anbauflächen oder auch mal ein Drogenlabor zerstören. Davon abgesehen das so das Problem is only shifted, it makes even the weakest link in the chain. The peasant support that his family must be. Even when cocaine and heroin are hard drugs, the producers of the raw materials are not criminals.

Especially in the impoverished growing countries must give people alternatives to drug cultivation are shown. Specifically those that work long term. Alternative development means and includes long-term strategies for:

• secure the foundations of life: food security, sustainable agricultural production and operating systems, land use planning, non-agricultural value chains Income generation
  
• promote physical and social infrastructure such as roads, water supply and irrigation, health centers, education, including adult education
• institutional support and capacity building: eg local self-help groups, municipalities and village development planning, district and national drug control agencies and development institutions
  
• capacity building in the Agriculture and Forestry as well as non-agricultural sector such as training, development and expansion of purchasing and marketing facilities, credit
  
• Communication, cooperation and coordination between governmental and nongovernmental institutions (transfer of experience)

is naturally, the way of alternative development neither easy nor quick. It also provides no spectacular television images as the military fight against drug cultivation. This "drug war" was perhaps media attention but has not achieved much else. On the contrary, suffering, poverty and dependence on criminal organizations was reinforced. Alternative development is therefore to address the complex problems of the region: to deny

• poverty and lack of alternative livelihood,
  
• Anbaugebiete illegaler Drogen sind häufig sehr abgelegen, die Vermarktung legaler Produkte ist wenig attraktiv und lokale Infrastruktur und Verarbeitungsmöglichkeiten fehlen
  
• Fehlende Rechtsstaatlichkeit, mangelnder politischer Wille und Korruption begünstigen Drogenproduktion und -handel
  
• Bewaffnete Konflikte können zum Anbau von Drogenkulturen führen, Konflikte wiederum werden oft durch den Anbau von Drogenkulturen finanziert
  
• Armut, Arbeitslosigkeit und mangelnde Zukunftsperspektiven erhöhen das Risiko für Drogenmissbrauch
  
• Drug abuse, health problems, promote the transmission of diseases (HIV / AIDS) and leads to further poverty and stigmatization of those affected.

is since January 2011 in Germany, this difficult task in the hands of the Society for International Cooperation (GIC). It remains to hope that their work is successful and directed repressive measures in the future only against the criminal backers and profit Hear the drug trade.

More information about development-oriented drug policy of the GIC at:
http://www.gtz.de/de/themen/ uebergreifende-themen/drogen / 3354.htm


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