ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on key concepts discussed in the preceding chapter of this book. The book divided into three sections. It analyse the societal threat of cocaine trafficking to the European Union (EU) and the way in which development policy is seen as a solution. It explores how the United States (US) securitised cocaine trafficking as a national security threat and follows a law enforcement approach towards the source countries. It considers the possibility of more effective drug control through multinational co-operation. In Plan Colombia, the US redirected the plan closer to its own interests, and assumed that the international community would accept it. The US ignores the repercussions of its drug control policy and its reputation on decision-making on other members of the international community. The US is concerned because of its proximity, dominance in the region, and close relationships with many Latin American states.
