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Contents
Background ................................................... 1
Extent of Drug Crop Cultivation ................................ 3
Eradication Programs ........................................ 4
Colombia ............................................. 5
P eru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
B olivia ............................................. . ... 6
Alternative Development Programs ............................. 7
Colombia ............................................. 8
P eru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
B olivia ..................................................8
Issues for Congress ............................................. 9
Health and Environmental Effects of Herbicides .................... 9
Studies on Glyphosate ................................... 10
Toxicity of Additives ................................... 12
Spraying in National Parks ............................... 13
Alternative Methods .................................... 13
Reliability of Drug Crop Estimates ............................. 15
Effectiveness and Sustainability of Aerial Eradication ............... 15
Eradication Challenges ..................................... 17
Spray Drift ........................................... 17
Compensation for Accidental Spraying ....................... 18
Social Effects ......................................... 19
Effectiveness and Sustainability of Alternative Development .......... 20
Alternative Development Challenges ........................... 21
Linking Eradication and AD .............................. 21
R esources .............................................. 22
Appropriate Crop Substitution ............................. 23
Appendix A. Map of the Andean Region ............................ 24
List of Figures
Figure 1. Coca Cultivation 2004as Percent of Global Total ................ 4
Figure 2. Cocaine Production 2004 as Percent of Global Total .............. 4List of Tables
Table 1. U.S. Drug - Related Foreign Assistance to the Andean Region,
FY 2000-FY 2006 ..............................................2
Table 2. ACI Funding Eradication versus Alternative Development,
FY 2000-FY 2006 ..............................................3
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