Drug Abuse in the Global Village
Drug Abuse in the Americas

References and Notes for Regional reports - Latin America

ARGENTINA
** The Legal, Administrative and Other Action Taken to Implement the International Drug Control Treaties section was not available by 15th january 1994.

U.N. 1988. Reply to UNDCP Annual Reports Questionnaire for the year 1988. 

CICAD 1993. First Report on the Inter- American Data Baqnk to the CICAD.

CMO 1991. Replies to the questionnaire concerning the seven targets of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control for the year 1991.

Other 1990. Obtained from one or more seizure reports provided by the Government or from other official sources for the year 1990.

PAHO 1990. Epidemiologic Report on the Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Substances in 16 Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, Special Report. vol.24, no.1, 1990.

BOLIVIA
* The Legal, Administrative and Other Action Taken to Implement the International Drug Control Treaties section was prepared by the Secretariat of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs based on the Annual Reports Questionnaire for the year 1988 as well as a letter from a letter from the Permanent Mission of Bolivia dated 25 November 1993.

CONAPRE 1991. El Uso Indebido de Drogas en Bolivia: Estudio realizado en Poblacion Estudiantil Urbana. Direccion Nacional de Prevencion integral del uso indebido de Drogas, Tratamiento, Rehabilitacion y reinsercion social. Departamento de Investigacion. La Paz. 1991.

U.N. 1985, 1987, 1991. Replies to UNDCP Annual Reports Questionnaires.

CICAD 1993. First Report of the Inter-American Data Bank to the CICAD.

CMO 1991. Replies to UNDCP questionnaire concerning the seven targets of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control.

CP 1991. Bolivia country profile for the year 1991

Other 1990; 1991. Obtained from one or more seizure reports provided by the Government or from other official sources for the years 1990 and 1991.

BRAZIL

** The Legal, Administrative and Other Action Taken to Implement the International Drug Control Treaties section was not available by 15 January 1994.

U.N. 1988 Reply to UNDCP Annual Reports Questionnaire.

Folha de Sao Paulo 1993. Tognolli,Claudio Julio. "Crack se alastra e lidera consumo em SP". Folha de Sao Paulo. 2 february 1993.

Journal do Brasil 1993. da Silveira, Evanildo. "Drogas mudamo o perfil da Aids no Brasil". Journal do Brasil. February 1993.

JPRS 1991. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. JPRS Report Narcotics. 23 April, 1991. Latin America, p 16. (JPRS-TDD-91-017-L)

Ministry of Health 1990. Carlini, E.A., Carlini-Cotrim,Beatriz, and Nappo, Solange A. "Illicit Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Brazilian Cities: 1987-1989". Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse. U.S. Department of Health and Human Servives, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research. Rockville, Maryland. June 1990.

Ministry of Health and Ministry of Justice, 1989. Psychotropic Drugs Consumption in Brazil in 1987. Centre de Documentacao do Ministerio da Saude. Brasilia. 1989

Other 1991. Obtained from one or more seizure reports provided by the Government or from other official sources for the year 1991

PAHO 1990. Murrelle, Lenn, Escalona, Rodrigo, and Floenzano, Ramon. "Epidemiology Report on the Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Substances in 16 Countries of Latin America and the Carribean. Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, Vol. 24, no.1, pp.97-140,1990.

UNDCP Brazilia 1991 UNDCP Field Adviser report

CHILE
** The Legal, Administrative and Other Action Taken to Implement the International Drug Control Treaties section was not available by 15th of Januaty 1994.

U.N. 1989 and 1991. Replies to UNDCP Annual Reports Questionnaire in 1989 and 1991. 

CICAD 1993. First Report of the Inter-American Data Bank to the CICAD.

CND 1992. Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 35th Session: Discurso del Sr. Subsecretario del Interior de la Republica de Chile, April, 1992.

CND 1991. Commission on Narcotic Drugs 1991 Speech of the Chilean Under-Secretary of the Interior, May, 1991, (Inofficial Translation).

CMO 1991. Replies to UNDCP questionnaire concerning the seven targets of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control.

Other 1990, 1991. Obtained from one or more seizure reports provided by the Government or from other official sources for the years 1990 and 1991.

PAHO 1990. Murrelle, Lenn, Escalona, Rodrigo, and Florenzano, Ramon. "Epidemiologic Report on the Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Substances in 16 Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean". Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, Special Report. vol.24. no.1, pp.97-140, 1990.

COLOMBIA
** The Legal, Administrative and Other Action Taken to Implement the International Drug Control Treaties section was not available by 15th January 1994.

Antioquia 1989. De Galvis,Yolanda Torres and Tobon, Lucia Perez "Alcoholism and Consumption of Substances Producing Dependency. University of Antioquia .Facultad Nocional de Salud Publica. Medellin. 1989.

Antioquia 1990. De Galivis, Yolanda Torres. "Current Epidemiology and Trends of Cocaine Use and Abuse: An International Review". University of Antioquia. Facultad Nacional de Salud Publica. Medellin. 1990.

U.N. 1992. Replies to UNDCP Annual Reports Questionnaire (1992). 
 
CICAD 1993. First Report of the Inter-Amereican Data Bank to the CICAD.

CMO 1990, 1991. Replies to UNDCP questionnaire concerning the seven targets of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control (CMO) (1990, 1991).

CP 1991 Country profile for the year 1991. UNDCP

National Household Survey 1993. Ospina,Edgar Rodriguez, Ramirez, Luis Fernando Duque, and Garcia, Jesus Rodriguez. National Household Survey of Drug Abuse 1993 Highlights. Santafe de Bogota, Colombia. March 1993.

Other 1990,1991, 1992. Obtained from one or more seizure reports provided by the Government or from other official sources for the years 1990, 1991 and 1992.

Thoumi 1992. Thoumi, F.E. The Political Economy of Colombia and the Growth of the Illegal Psychoactive Drugs Industry. Essay part of a multi-country research project of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva. 1992.

ECUADOR
** The Legal, Administrative and Other Action Taken to Implement the International Drug Control Treaties section was not available by 15th January 1994.

U.N. 1989, 1990 and 1992  Replies to UNDCP Annual Reports Questionnaire for the years 1989, 1990 and 1992. 

CICAD 1993. First Report to the Inter-American Data Bank to the CICAD.

CMO 1991 Replies to UNDCP questionnaire concerning the seven targets of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control (CMO) (1991).

La Farmacodependencia en el Ecuador 1992. Z, Dr. Enrique Aguilar. La Farmacodependencia en El Ecuador: Factores de Reisgo. Ministerio de Salud Publica and UNDCP. Quito. March 1992.

Other 1990,1991, 1992. Obtained from one or more seizure reports provided by the Government or from other official sources for the years 1990, 1991, and 1992.

PAHO 1990 Epidemiologic Report on the Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Substances in 16 Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, Special Report. vol.24. no.1, pp.97-140. 1990.

URUGUAY
** The Legal, Administrative and Other Action Taken to Implement the International Drug Control Treaties section was not available by 15th January 1994.

U.N. 1990, 1991. Replies to Annual Reports Questionnaire (1990-1991). 

CICAD 1993 First Report of the Inter-American Data Bank to the CICAD.

Other 1991. Obtained from one or more seizure reports provided by the Government or from other official sources for the year 1991.

VENEZUELA
** The Legal, Administrative and Other Action Taken to Implement the International Drug Control Treaties section was not available by 15th January 1994.

U.N. 1990 1991. Replies to UNDCP Annual Reports Questionnaire for the years 1990-1991. 
CICAD 1993. First Report of the Inter-American Data Bank to the CICAD. 1993

CMO 1991. Replies to UNDCP questionnaire concerning the seven targets of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control.

Galicia 1988. Xunta de Galicia 1988 Plan Autonomico Dorgodependencia. Direccion Xeral de Saude Publica, Conselleria de Sanidade, Xunta de Galicia, 1988.

Other 1990, 1991. Obtained from one or more seizure reports provided by the Government or from other official sources for the years 1990 and 1991.

PAHO 1990. "Epidemiologic Report on the Use and Abuse of Psychoactive Substances in 16 Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, Special Report. vol.24, no. 1, pp97-140. 1990.

CP 1991. Questionnaire to the group of employees responsible for repression services UNDCP country profile for 1991

UNDCP 1992. Emergence of a Lethal Drug Mixture in Venezuela. Interoffice Memorandum. UNDCP, 31/03/1992.

Venezuela 1992 Intervention of the Delegation of Venezuela During the 35th Session of the CND. Vienna, 1992.