NCJ Number
119219
Date Published
1989
Length
228 pages
Annotation
This book details the cocaine economy of Peru, emphasizing how cocaine has changed Peru's cultural, political, and economic climate and why the Peruvian government is unable to stop the cocaine trade.
Abstract
While most processed cocaine comes to the United States from Colombia, more than half of the raw coca used to make cocaine grows on the jungle hillsides of Bolivia and Peru. The social and economic impact of coca on Peruvian Indians and peasants is described, as well as the processes of growing coca and making coca paste. The involvement of the underworld and indiginous social and political organizations in the coca trade is also detailed.