Journalist Amy Booth at Vice news has recently published an article describing some of the issues facing indigenous coca farmers based on the research undertaken by division member Thomas Grisaffi and his collaborators in Bolivia and Peru. In particular, the article explores the potential of further legalising production as a means of reducing the associated human rights abuses and violence in coca- growing communities. To read the full article please click here, while the related research report is available here. For more information about “Drug Crops and Development in the Andes project” please visit the research website here.
