R.J. Godlewski's The Independent Counterterrorist. I, Militia. June ...
R.J. Godlewski's The Independent Counterterrorist. I, Militia. June ...
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world’s nations—as a result of the current global economic<br />
meltdown, efforts to relieve the endemic strains<br />
should focus on the micro level rather than the macro.<br />
<strong>The</strong> need will be for small-scale, precisely targeted<br />
projects that alleviate the endemic poverty that has long<br />
afflicted much of the country and provide economic and<br />
social alternatives to criminal activity for populations<br />
at risk. Micro-finance and vocational training programs<br />
provide good examples of such initiatives, which<br />
have already been used for counternarcotics and antiorganized<br />
crime purposes in Central America. A pilot<br />
program in El Salvador recently reintegrated roughly<br />
300 former gang members into society by offering<br />
training in carpentry, screen-printing, and other such<br />
activities, and the Inter-American Development Bank<br />
has approved a $32 million loan to Honduras for a<br />
micro-entrepreneurship program aimed at vulnerable<br />
youths. 142 <strong>The</strong>se programs should be replicated on<br />
a broader scale in Mexico, along with sustained and<br />
sufficiently funded alternative development projects<br />
that will provide economic incentives for marijuana<br />
farmers to switch to legal crops.<br />
Guns and Users: U.S. Domestic Contributions.<br />
Due to the political controversy that surrounds<br />
issues like gun laws and U.S. domestic demand,<br />
these questions may well prove to be the thorniest<br />
aspects of counternarcotics policy. With respect to<br />
demand, the debate on this issue is often framed as<br />
a choice between legalization and enforcement. In<br />
reality, this is false dichotomy. Studies by the RAND<br />
Corporation have shown that, if funded properly,<br />
prevention and treatment initiatives—running the<br />
gamut from anti-drug-use advertising to education to<br />
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