overwhelmed by the fight against drug traffickers, the country could legalize cocaine

Coca bushes as far as the eye can see, completely illegally. Every year, in Colombia, always a little more of these green shrubs dedicated to the manufacture of cocaine, despite a merciless war for 40 years, tens of billions of dollars spent and thousands of traffickers, soldiers and civilians killed for nothing . Terrible acknowledgment of failure. So the Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, asks this question: “What is most toxic to humanity? Cocaine, coal or oil?”

Peasants cultivate the coca plant

Gustavo suggests legalizing cocaine and has even taken the first step. Coca plots of less than two hectares are now tolerated to allow small farmers to survive. “He is someone who understands our difficulties and those of our community, explains Leider, a coca grower, about President Petro. As he says, it’s not the cultivators or the coca plant itself, it’s the other side.” Leider is targeting the cartels, which are waging a war for this market.