How Long to Read U. S. Support of Plan Colombia

How Long Does it Take to Read U. S. Support of Plan Colombia?

It takes the average reader and 24 minutes to read U. S. Support of Plan Colombia by Stephen E. Flynn

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Stephen Flynn's credibility on the issue of anti-drug policy is hard to match. Not only is he a respected scholar and a broad strategic thinker, but as a commander in the U.S. Coast Guard, he knows the problems directly from the front lines. For those reasons, this monograph, even more than the popular film "Traffic," is profoundly disquieting. Flynn tells us, among another things, that the policy that this country has been pursuing in Colombia at a huge cost is largely futile. If present U.S. antidrug efforts have been sold to the American public as leading to reduced amounts of drugs available on the street, such a suggestion, he tells us, is "either naive or duplicitous . . ." What is even worse, according to Flynn, is that if the drug trade in Colombia is seriously disrupted, it will simply be pushed to Mexico. The result would be "disastrous," with Mexico being adjacent to the United States, and with a better organized operation than presently exists in Colombia. We live in a world of porous borders in which free trade and open market capitalism are the order of the day. Millions of people, automobiles, trucks, and maritime containers enter this country, as Flynn points out with some remarkable statistics. What is to be done? Flynn offers serious alternatives. The most important and most obvious is to deal differently with this country's 5 million addicts and frequent users, who consume the overwhelming majority of drugs. How? Simply "invest in long term treatment," i.e., rehabilitation, which is not now the top priority. He also advocates a costly and ambitious program of transparency and enforcement in cross-border activities. Add to that a program of spotlighting businesses which operate outside of established codes and attacking transnational crime more efficiently through effective international cooperation, which includes the press, judicial systems, and government officials on a broad scale. If this country is unwilling to make all these investments, Flynn concludes, it should recognize that "a failed prohibitionary approach to drug control does more harm than good for it ends up serving the interests of organized crime . . ." What is he telling us? Flynn does not go further into such issues as "lifting the prohibitions." They will be the subject of national debate, however, as the failures of present policy are more clearly understood. There could be a number of alternatives. One might be this: do not legalize or even decriminalize illegal drug sales, but re-focus massive expenditures on education and treatment. Then deal with the 5 million addicts as public health patients, not criminals, by offering them a prescribed drug dosage with immediate treatment (voluntary) if they will accept it. If each addict spends an average of, hypothetically, $15,000 per year, then removal of the addicts from the market would remove $75 billion from it, delivering potentially a knockout blow to illegal drug sales in this country.

How long is U. S. Support of Plan Colombia?

U. S. Support of Plan Colombia by Stephen E. Flynn is 24 pages long, and a total of 6,096 words.

This makes it 8% the length of the average book. It also has 7% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read U. S. Support of Plan Colombia Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 33 minutes to read U. S. Support of Plan Colombia aloud.

What Reading Level is U. S. Support of Plan Colombia?

U. S. Support of Plan Colombia is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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