Why is alternative development important in terms of drug reduction?
The basic notion of the cultivation of coca enters a cycle that leads to illicit processing, illegal commercialization, money laundering, weapon trafficking and terrorism, trafficking of people, and eventually, to predatory crime. When alternative development is implemented, either through prevention or substitution, the eventual result is the decrease of coca fields that signifies a corresponding decrease in cocaine production. In effect, the cycle is broken due to the effective results of alternative development.
