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It's going to be an interesting problem for the US and other UN Security Council countries if Colombia legalizes the cocaine industry, but the rest of the world
by Communitivity 6y ago
It's going to be an interesting problem for the US and other UN Security Council countries if Colombia legalizes the cocaine industry, but the rest of the world does not.
Cocaine is a huge industry, and I wonder how much of Colombia is controlled by that industry. If it's a large percentage, then that could be driving this too.
There is a precedent, Afghanistan and opium production. Opium provides about 400,000 jobs in Afghanistan, more than the Afghani National Security Forces.
To be clear, I am not taking a stance on morality of it. I think smaller countries will look to leverage the vices of the larger countries into sources of income, as economies of smaller countries around the world suffer more due to climate change, increased diseases, and resource scarcity.