1. After reading the assigned readings located
in this week’s Content and the Readings/Resources for this week please discuss the
coca-cocaine commodity value chain. As part of this response include the
impact, if any, related to the proliferation of opium and the coca leaf around
the globe as it relates to geography and topography.
2. In conducting additional research outside
of this week’s readings, defend whether the legalization of all drugs would
decrease or increase drug-related violence/crimes. As part of this response
make sure to touch on drug cartels.
Course Objective(s):
CO9: Examine and understand how opium and the
coca leaf became global commodities
CO10: Examine how geography and topography
played significant roles in the proliferation of opium and the coca leaf on
several continents.