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Resumen: Alrededor del mundo, los gobiernos dedican un gran volumen de recursos publicos al control del porte, fabricacion y trafico de drogas ilicitas. En general, estos costos son dificiles de observar, pues corresponden al costo de oportunidad de muchos funcionarios que intervienen en el proceso. En este articulo se estima, para el caso de Colombia, el costo esperado por captura para los delitos de porte, fabricacion y trafico de drogas ilicitas. Los resultados muestran que el costo esperado de una captura es de $11 millones, por lo que el costo esperado asociado a las 984.106 capturas realizadas entre 2001 y 2015 es cercano a los $10,6 billones. Ademas, se analizo si la persecucion al trafico internacional de drogas ilicitas, al crimen asociado al microtrafico en mercados locales o la disuasion a los consumidores justifican este esfuerzo fiscal. Se concluyo que ninguna de estas razones lo hace, y que mas bien se relaciona con incompatibilidad de incentivos en las autoridades colombianas. Abstract: Around the world, governments spend enormous amounts of public funds in controlling possession, manufacturing and trafficking of illicit drugs. These costs are usually difficult to observe, as they correspond to the opportunity cost of many bureaucrats involved in the process. In this paper, we estimate the expected cost per arrest for possession, manufacturing or trafficking of illicit drugs for the case of Colombia. We find that the expected cost of an arrest is roughly COP$11 million, hence the expected total cost associated with the 984,106 arrests carried out between 2001 and 2015 adds up to COP$10.6 billion. Also, we analyse whether these expenditures are justified by the control of international drug trafficking, crime associated with drug dealing in local markets or drug abuse deterrence. We conclude that none of these reasons justify such fiscal expenditures; rather, these seem to be explained by an issue of incentive compatibility in Colombian authorities.

El gasto fiscal de la guerra contra los portadores de drogas ilícitas: una aproximación para Colombia