Drogas ilícitas: entre la securitización y la economitización

Abstract

The theme of illicit drugs has been approached from the internationaf re­ lations theor y, sta rtin g from the neorrealism because on one hand, ft has been constituted kind of an inter­ national regime evidenced in a world po fitics to combat the iflicit drugs; and on the other, the State continues being the main actor in the international stage, concerning the process of deci­ sion- ma king and execution of the antid rug polic y. Under the inf fuence of the neorrealism, it had been given to the tapie a reading that ref fects the presence of a prohibitionist antidrug polic y that in the case of the bilateral relationship as the Colombian-United States has been expressed in an align­ ment on the part of the Andean coun­ try to the North Ame rica n polic y although there exist other instances li ke the Organization of the United Nations that equall y lead the fight against the drugs. However, when questions arise to un­ derstand why a country like Colom­ bia, contin ues u si ng an an tid rug polic y that has demonstrated to be d ys functional and it has prod uced collateral Prob fems and, how this situ­ ation is manifested in the international environment, it fits the possibilit y to suggest that the form in which would be pre fe rable ( be yond the neorrealismo) to respond thi s ques­ tion, is und e rsta nd ing , first the securitizacion of the tapie, the nature of the process of taking decisions that it has carried out the Cofombian State and, referring to the international sce­ nario, in what measure the theory of games has helped to understand the process of agree ment of a common polic y against drugs, speci fica fly in the case of the Andean countries. In this essay the author will show the necessit y that arises from the acad­ emy, giving a dif ferent interpretation to the problem of the illicit drugs in Colombia starting from the recognition of the current situation that presents the antidrug polic y, the identification of their nature and the dynamics that generates in their interaction with the Andean countries.