World Chronicle 890: Antonio Maria Costa, UNODC

Michael Littlejohns interviews Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for World Chronicle program 890.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:03
• Production Date: 3 February 2003
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO M. COSTA; EROL AVDOVIC; IAN WILLIAMS; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME - UNODC
• Subject Topical: DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG TRADE; NARCOTIC DRUGS
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 2183892
• Parent Id: 824926

Description

"THE GLOBAL DRUG TRADE"

For the past quarter century Afghanistan was one of the world's major producers of illegal narcotic drugs. With a new democratic government in Afghanistan, some steps have been taken to combat the cultivation, trade and abuse of opium. Yet, Afghanistan's poppy harvest in 2002 was one of the most plentiful in history. What approaches are being developed by the international community to help with this problem? Is crop substitution a realistic alternative for poor farmers in drug growing areas given the high prices that opium, coca or marijuana command on the market? Does the problem start with demand for illicit drugs in Western countries? In this edition of World Chronicle, these issues are addressed with the help of Antonio Maria Costa, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

• Scripts: File; 890.pdf (39.19 KB)