Colombia Wants to Legalize Coke Worldwide
...back in the USA-- drug overdose deaths ‘involving’ cocaine have risen steadily over the past decade,
Colombia Wants to Legalize Coke Worldwide
...back in the USA-- drug overdose deaths ‘involving’ cocaine have risen steadily over the past decade,
Well, of course they do.
Worldwide legalization of the addictive drug would go a long ways towards solving their biggest single problem — Colombia’s booming illegal cocaine industry.
That’s feeding habits around the world, and other nations are demanding the Colombian government do something about it.
From a recent statement by the Colombian President: “Scientists have analyzed this: cocaine is not worse than whiskey…” Yadda yadda. He insists that worldwide legalization would cause the black market for cocaine to simply collapse. Problem solved.
I seriously doubt that. It sure hasn’t worked that way with respect to cannabis. In fact, the black market for pot products appears stronger than ever.
Besides, fully legalizing a potentially addictive substance doesn’t result in fewer users — or fewer problems related to its use. It does eliminate much of the expense and damage related to the challenge of enforcement, and as we in the USA know, those can be...
Worldwide legalization of the addictive drug would go a long ways towards solving their biggest single problem — Colombia’s booming illegal cocaine industry.
That’s feeding habits around the world, and other nations are demanding the Colombian government do something about it.
From a recent statement by the Colombian President: “Scientists have analyzed this: cocaine is not worse than whiskey…” Yadda yadda. He insists that worldwide legalization would cause the black market for cocaine to simply collapse. Problem solved.
I seriously doubt that. It sure hasn’t worked that way with respect to cannabis. In fact, the black market for pot products appears stronger than ever.
Besides, fully legalizing a potentially addictive substance doesn’t result in fewer users — or fewer problems related to its use. It does eliminate much of the expense and damage related to the challenge of enforcement, and as we in the USA know, those can be...
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Colombia Wants to Legalize Coke Worldwide
...back in the USA-- drug overdose deaths ‘involving’ cocaine have risen steadily over the past decade,
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Colombia Wants to Legalize Coke Worldwide
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