an hour agoPresident of Colombia: We lost the drug fight.
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The president of Colombia has declared that his country has lost its drug battle in the speech at the United Nations General Assembly. It's time to admit that the war on drugs has failed. Over the past 40 years, half a million Americans have been killed in this war while dying of [...]
It's time to admit that the war on drugs has failed. Over the past 40 years, half a million Americans have been killed in this war, and they have died of 7,000 Americans each year. The fight against drugs strengthened the mafia and weakened states”, Petro said.
Gustavo Petro, ex-guerrilas and the country's first left-wing president of the American-Latin, took office last month. Colombia is the world's largest cocaine producer, according to the UN's latest report.
Also, 90% of the drugs seized in the United States come from this country. /A2 CNN
