The topic of illegal drugs and drug trafficking spans a multitude of disciplines, including economics, political science, media studies, sociology, psychology, and health. As a result, researchers are faced with an abundance of materials when embarking on a study. This bibliography of selected works provides a sampling of materials published since 1990. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials are located in the Benson Latin American Collection. For more publications on these topics, search the online catalog-UTCAT-under the following subject headings: Drug traffic; Drug abuse; Narcotics; Extradition; Corruption; Narcotics, Control of-Political aspects-Name of specific country. UTCAT is available through terminals in all campus libraries and from off campus via the World Wide Web at http://dpweb1.dp.utexas.edu/lib/utnetcat/.
REFERENCE WORKS
Drug Trafficking Research in the Americas: An Annotated
Bibliography. edited by Bruce M. Bagley. Miami, FL: North-South
Center, 1997.
A well-annotated bibliography of writings relating to drug control
policies in the Americas. It also includes chapters on specific
issues such as the U.S. military and the drug war, human rights and
North-South cooperation in the context of the drug war.
Giorlandini, Eduardo. Diccionario de la droga y del
narcotráfico. Bahía Blanca: Instituto Superior Juan
XXIII,'1995. A good resource for drug-related terms, translations,
and slang in Spanish. Includes citations to the source books from
which definitions were taken.
International Handbook on Drug Control. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1992.
This overview deals not just with Latin America but with the world at
large. Sections are divided by geographic region with individual
chapters devoted to countries where illegal drugs are a significant
issue. Each chapter gives an overview of the region or country to be
discussed and is followed by an ample bibliography.
Tullis, F. LaMond. Handbook of Research on the Illicit Drug
Traffic: Socioeconomic and Political Consequences. New York:
Greenwood, 1991.
Provides a well-balanced overview of perspectives on drug policy with
the various positions linked to an extensive, broadly representative,
annotated bibliography. The bibliography is illustrative of the
cyclical nature of drug stories; the names change but the same
stories keep appearing. Since most of the cited materials predate the
fall of the Berlin Wall, it is worth noting the predominance of
articles arguing against the use of the military in the drug war.
STATISTICS
General
Statistical Abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles: University
of California, Los Angeles, Latin American Center.
This is the best general source in the Benson Collection for
statistics relating to drug production, seizures, crop eradication,
arrests, and estimates of number of users in major Latin American
countries. The relevant tables are in chapter 16, "Drugs and Crime,"
beginning on page 470. Depending on the particular table, statistics
generally cover the years 1987 to 1998.
Bolivia
Alcaraz del Castillo, Franklin. El consumo de drogas en Bolivia:
estudio comparativo urbano-rural 1998. La Paz, Bolivia: Centro
Latinoamericano de Investigación Científica,
CELIN-Bolivia, 1999.
Brazil
III levantamento sobre o uso de drogas entre meninos e meninas em
situação de rua de cinco capitais brasileiras,
1993. São Paulo: Centro Brasileiro de
Informações Sobre Drogas Psicotrópicas,
Departamento de Psicobiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, 1994.
Mexico
México social. Mexico City, Mexico: Banamex, Estudios Sociales,
Chapter 5, "Salud," has a section entitled "Adicciones" that includes
tobacco and alcohol as well as various classes of illegal drugs.
Categories include statistical breakdowns by age, sex, and employment
status and is based on data gathered in 1993.
Peru
Epidemiología de drogas en la población urbana
peruana, 1997. Lima: CEDRO, 1999.
Perú, estadísticas sobre producción,
tráfico y consumo de drogas. Lima: Instituto Nacional de
Estadística e Informática, Dirección
Técnica de Demografía y Estudios Sociales, 1996.
Texas-Mexico
Wallisch, Lynn S. 1996 Survey of Substance Use on the Texas-Mexico
Border and in Colonias: Full Report. Austin: Texas Commission on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1998.
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
Bourgois, Philippe I. In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El
Barrio. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Coca and Cocaine: An Andean Perspective. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1993.
Hendrix, Steven E. Interplay among Land Law and Policy, the
Environment, the War on Drugs, Narcoterrorism, and Democratization:
Perspectives on Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley. Madison: Land
Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993.
Latin America and the Multinational Drug Trade. London:
Macmillan Press; New York: St. Martins Press, 1998.
Mittermayer, Maria. Drogengeschaft und Drogenkrieg: politische
Okonomie der andinen Kokainproduktion und US-Drogenpolitik in
Lateinamerika. Frankfurt am Main; New York: Peter Lang, 1998.
NACLA Report on the Americas. New York: North American
Congress on Latin America.
This periodical frequently carries scholarly articles pertaining to
drug policy, and its repercussions in the Americas.
CERTIFICATION
Griffith, Ivelaw L. Drugs and Security in the Caribbean:
Sovereignty Under Siege. University Park, PA: Pennsylvannia State
University Press, 1997.
Melton, Stephen Duane. "1996, Mexico, and FAA Section 490: Was
Certification Deserved? Illegal Alien Smuggling: A Threat for the
Next Century." Report-M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1997.
Menzel, Sewall H. Cocaine Quagmire: Implementing the U.S.
Anti-Drug Policy in the North Andes-Colombia. Lanham, MD:
University Press of America, 1997.
Palacio, Germán. Globalizaciones, estado y
narcotráfico. 1ª ed. Santafé de Bogotá:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias
Políticas y Sociales; UNIJUS; Instituto para el Desarrollo de
la Democracia "Luis Carlos Galán," 1998.
Rethinking International Drug Control: New Directions for U.S.
Policy, Report of an Independent Task Force. New York: Council on
Foreign Relations, 1997.
CORRUPTIONThe following books examine aspects of drug-related official corruption, which has been alleged or confirmed in both the United States and in many Latin American countries. This bibliography focuses on three Latin American countries-Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico-in addition to the United States.
United States
Castillo, Celerino. Powderburns: Cocaine, Contras & the Drug
War. Oakville, Ont.; Buffalo: Sundial, Mosaic Press, 1994.
Levine, Michael. Deep Cover: The Inside Story of How DEA
Infighting, Incompetence, and Subterfuge Lost Us the Biggest Battle
of the Drug War. New York: Delacorte Press, 1990.
Scott, Peter Dale. Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in
Central America. Updated edition. Boulder, CO : NetLibrary, Inc.,
1999.
Webb, Gary. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack
Cocaine Explosion. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998.
Argentina
Bermúdez, Norberto. La pista siria. 1ª ed.
Venezuela, Capital Federal: Ediciones de la Urraca, 1993.
Lejtman, Roman. Narcogate: historia inédita de las
relaciones de la familia del presidente y sus amigos con el lavado de
dólares. 5ª ed. Buenos Aires : Editorial
Sudamericana, 1993.
Pasquini, Gabriel. Blanca y radiante: mafias, poder y
narcotráfico en la Argentina. 2ª ed. Buenos Aires:
Planeta, 1995.
Colombia
La corrupción en Colombia. 1ª ed. Bogotá:
Fedesarrollo: Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de
Administración: TM Editores, 1997.
López Caballero, Juan Manuel. La conspiración:
libro blanco del juicio al presidente Samper. 2ª ed.
Santafé de Bogotá: Planeta, 1997.
Rojas Morales, Ernesto. Colombia a la deriva: una mirada
ética a la política y un juicio moral a la
campaña "Samper Presidente." 1ª ed. Colombia:
Fundación para la Investigación y Desarrollo de la
Ciencia Política, 1997.
Torres Arias, Edgar and Armando Sarmiento. Rehenes de la
mafia. Santafé de Bogotá: Intermedio Editores, 1998.
Mexico
Hirales Moran, Gustavo A. El complot de Aburto: la verdad sobre la
muerte de Colosio. 1ª ed. México, DF:
Editorial Diana, 1995.
Ruiz Massieu: el mejor enemigo. 1ª ed. México, DF:
Espasa-Calpe Mexicana, 1995.
Ruiz Massieu, Mario. Yo acuso: denuncia de un crimen
político. México, DF: Grijalbo, 1995.
Samperio, Guillermo. Por qué Colosio? una historia, un
relato. 1ª ed. México, DF: Océano 1995.
Victoria Zepeda, Felipe. El autor intelectual. 1ª ed.
México, DF: Selector, 1995.
ECONOMICS
Antezana Ergueta, Luis. Tiene Bolivia un narco-estado? La Paz:
Editorial PP XXI, 1995.
Drogas, sociedades adictas y economías
subterráneas. Mexico, DF: Críticas de la
Economía Política; Ediciones El Caballito, 1991.
El impacto del capital financiero del narcotráfico en el
desarrollo de América Latina: simposio internacional. La
Paz: Ediciones CERID, 1991.
Laserna, Roberto. Las drogas y el ajuste en Bolivia:
economía clandestina y políticas públicas.
La Paz: CEDLA 1994.
Narcotráfico y deuda externa: las plagas de
América. 1ª ed. Quito: Grupo de Trabajo sobre Deuda
Externa y Desarrollo, CAAP-CIUDAD-CERG-CECCA, 1990.
Painter, James. Bolivia and Coca: A Study in Dependency.
Boulder, CO: L. Reinner Publishers, 1994.
Palacio, Germán. Globalizaciones, estado y
narcotráfico. 1ª ed. Santafé de Bogotá:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias
Políticas y Sociales; UNIJUS; Instituto para el Desarrollo de
la Democracia Luis Carlos Galán, 1998.
Sauloy, Mylene. A quién beneficia la cocaína?
1ª ed. Bogotá: Tercer Mundo, 1994.
Steiner, Roberto. Los dólares del narcotráfico.
Santafé de Bogotá: Tercer Mundo Editores; Fedesarrollo,
1997.
Thoumi, Francisco E. Economía política y
narcotráfico. 1ª ed. Bogotá: TM Editores, 1994.
________. The Size of the Illegal Drugs Industry in Colombia.
Coral Gables, FL: North-South Center, University of Miami, 1993.
UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER
Barry, Tom. Crossing the Line: Immigrants, Economic Integration,
and Drug Enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico Border. 1st ed.
Albuquerque, NM: Resource Center Press, 1994.
Call, Charles. Clear and Present Dangers: The U. S. Military and
the War on Drugs in the Andes. Washington, DC: Washington Office
on Latin America, 1991.
Spanish language version, Peligro inminente? Las FF. AA. de Estados
Unidos y la guerra contra las drogas located (HV 5825 C3418 1993 LAC
).
Dunn, Timothy J. The Militarization of the U.S-Mexico Border,
1978-1992: Low Intensity Conflict Doctrine Comes Home. 1st ed.
Austin: Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at
Austin, 1996.
Rotella, Sebastian. Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics
at the U.S.-Mexico Border. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.
The lucrative nature of drug trafficking has made it a staple
commodity of organized crime. Thus, books such as this about the
underworld on the U.S.-Mexico border are devoted in large part to the
drug underworld.
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Web Resources:
The Transnational Institute Drugs and Democracy Project
Databases:The following databases are available through the UT Library Online system (UTLOL). It is accessible by going to the URL www.lib.utexas.edu and then clicking on "Indexes, Abstracts, and Full Text." At the ensuing page databases are group alphabetically by name. The databases listed below all contain useful citations to information on illegal drugs and drug trafficking in Latin America.
Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis)
Drugnews
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