After the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was kicked out of Bolivia, the country was able to drastically reduce the amount of coca (cocaine) produced within its borders. According to data released by the United Nations, cocaine production in the country declined by 11% in the past year, marking the fourth year in a row of steady decrease.
It was just seven years ago that the DEA left Bolivia — and only three years after that, progress was finally made. The strategy employed by the Bolivian government may be a surprise to many prohibitionists because it did not involve any strong-arm police state tactics. Instead, they worked to find alternative crops for farmers to grow that would actually make them more money.
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I wonder if that would work in Afghanistan with the poppies, dear CIA/DEA???
ReplyDeleteAnything that would let them make more money, I am sure.
DeleteI wish we could kick them out; they're more trouble then they're worth as is
ReplyDeletemost of these government agencies. Example: EPA 'do nothings' unless it
is an attack on the people.
EPA 'do nothings' unless it is an attack on the people.
DeleteWell said.
I've said for years; Drugs are way too big a business for wealthy people to not be involved and who runs our govt?
ReplyDeleteFrom the cops on the street with all their gear, lawyers, judges, prisons, rehabs and on and on. And THEN there's the straight drug money profits.
Way too much $$$$ for the wealthy to ignore.
For sure.
DeleteI'd trust the UN about as much as I believe Obama is a Christian/was born in America.
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