Géopolitique du cannabis dans la Caraïbe insulaire

This article looks at cannabis production and trafficking throughout the Caribbean region. The analysis highlights production sites ranking and the emergence of commercial roads towards regional and international markets. Cannabis trafficking operations are currently getting more complex following s...

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Main Authors: Romain Cruse, Daurius Figueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes 2017-03-01
Series:L'Espace Politique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/3233
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description This article looks at cannabis production and trafficking throughout the Caribbean region. The analysis highlights production sites ranking and the emergence of commercial roads towards regional and international markets. Cannabis trafficking operations are currently getting more complex following skyrocketing benefits. Once a drug produced and sold by marginalized and isolated farmers to face economic pressures linked to neoliberal politics, cannabis is today integrated into complex networks under the supervision of Jamaican gangs and perhaps Mexican cartels.  
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spelling doaj-art-d6aebbefc6b8475b9adcf82d74cb52e32025-08-20T03:47:44ZengUniversité de Reims Champagne-ArdennesL'Espace Politique1958-55002017-03-012410.4000/espacepolitique.3233Géopolitique du cannabis dans la Caraïbe insulaireRomain CruseDaurius FigueiraThis article looks at cannabis production and trafficking throughout the Caribbean region. The analysis highlights production sites ranking and the emergence of commercial roads towards regional and international markets. Cannabis trafficking operations are currently getting more complex following skyrocketing benefits. Once a drug produced and sold by marginalized and isolated farmers to face economic pressures linked to neoliberal politics, cannabis is today integrated into complex networks under the supervision of Jamaican gangs and perhaps Mexican cartels.  https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/3233cannabisgeopoliticsCaribbeanJamaicaSaint Vincentneoliberalism
spellingShingle Romain Cruse
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cannabis
geopolitics
Caribbean
Jamaica
Saint Vincent
neoliberalism
title Géopolitique du cannabis dans la Caraïbe insulaire
title_full Géopolitique du cannabis dans la Caraïbe insulaire
title_fullStr Géopolitique du cannabis dans la Caraïbe insulaire
title_full_unstemmed Géopolitique du cannabis dans la Caraïbe insulaire
title_short Géopolitique du cannabis dans la Caraïbe insulaire
title_sort geopolitique du cannabis dans la caraibe insulaire
topic cannabis
geopolitics
Caribbean
Jamaica
Saint Vincent
neoliberalism
url https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/3233
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