Colombia's far-left president proposes
decriminalizing cocaine. What could go wrong?
Posted By: PageTurner, 8/23/2022 12:02:53 AM
Like the good narco-guerrilla he once was, Colombia's loathsome leftist president, Gustavo Petro, is proposing an old goal of the drug lords of yore for Colombia: decriminalizing cocaine. According to the Washington Post: Two weeks after taking office, the country's first leftist government is proposing an end to "prohibition" and the start of a government-regulated cocaine market. Through legislation and alliances with other leftist governments in the region, officials in this South American nation hope to turn their country into a laboratory for drug decriminalization. "It is time for a new international convention that accepts
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Like the good narco-guerrilla he once was, Colombia's loathsome leftist president, Gustavo Petro, is proposing an old goal of the drug lords of yore for Colombia: decriminalizing cocaine.
According to the Washington Post:
Two weeks after taking office, the country's first leftist government is proposing an end to "prohibition" and the start of a government-regulated cocaine market. Through legislation and alliances with other leftist governments in the region, officials in this South American nation hope to turn their country into a laboratory for drug decriminalization.
"It is time for a new international convention that accepts
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He sees how good the fentanyl dealers have it with Joe's open border, and wants a slice of it for his Chavista buddies.