Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'

[karim]

Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'​

AFP

Cocaine 'is no worse than whisky' and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro (Handout)
Handout/PRESIDENCIA COLOMBIA/AFP


Cocaine "is no worse than whisky" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a live broadcast of a government meeting.

Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to the United States and Europe, and has spent decades fighting against drug trafficking.
During a six-hour ministerial meeting -- broadcast live for the first time ever -- the leftist president said "cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whisky."


"Scientists have analyzed this. Cocaine is no worse than whisky," he added, suggesting that the global cocaine industry could be "easily dismantled" if the drug were legalized worldwide.
"If you want peace, you have to dismantle the business (of drug trafficking)," he said. "It could easily be dismantled if they legalize cocaine in the world. It would be sold like wine."
Petro also pointed out that fentanyl "is killing Americans and it is not made in Colombia", referring to the opioid responsible for around 75,000 deaths in the United States a year, according to official data.
"Fentanyl was created as a pharmacy drug by North American multinationals" and those who consumed it "became addicted," he added.


Since coming to power in 2022, Petro has attempted to make peace with all of the armed groups that are fueled by drug trafficking in the hope of ending six decades of conflict.
Cocaine production in Colombia reached a record-high in 2023, jumping 53 percent to 2,600 tons, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
ag/arm/tc/dhc




I'm sure Coke is their biggest national export..at some point you have to say fukk it and promote your own shyt no matter how bad it is..

They are both addictive drugs, there isn't really a valid reason for one being legal and the other being illegal

 

[Swirv]

Crack cocaine is more neurologically harmful than cocaine because of the uptake that happens when ingested via smoke

Crack cocaine exists because of the war on drugs

Crack cocaine and cocaine are highly addictive substances that both cause long lasting impacts on heart health. I don’t think increasing their access is the way to end the war on drugs.

However, I do agree that personal liberty is important. I would be in favor of legalizing coke, meth, etc. as long as it is illegal for them to be sold commercially, and substance education is part of public school curriculum from 2nd grade up.

 

[DonB90]

Vicente Fox their previous president wanted Coca leaves legalized

Bra...we're talking about Colombia

Vicente Fox is former president of Mexico

 

[85 East]

Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'​

AFP

Cocaine 'is no worse than whisky' and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro (Handout)
Handout/PRESIDENCIA COLOMBIA/AFP


Cocaine "is no worse than whisky" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a live broadcast of a government meeting.

Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter, mainly to the United States and Europe, and has spent decades fighting against drug trafficking.
During a six-hour ministerial meeting -- broadcast live for the first time ever -- the leftist president said "cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whisky."


"Scientists have analyzed this. Cocaine is no worse than whisky," he added, suggesting that the global cocaine industry could be "easily dismantled" if the drug were legalized worldwide.
"If you want peace, you have to dismantle the business (of drug trafficking)," he said. "It could easily be dismantled if they legalize cocaine in the world. It would be sold like wine."
Petro also pointed out that fentanyl "is killing Americans and it is not made in Colombia", referring to the opioid responsible for around 75,000 deaths in the United States a year, according to official data.
"Fentanyl was created as a pharmacy drug by North American multinationals" and those who consumed it "became addicted," he added.


Since coming to power in 2022, Petro has attempted to make peace with all of the armed groups that are fueled by drug trafficking in the hope of ending six decades of conflict.
Cocaine production in Colombia reached a record-high in 2023, jumping 53 percent to 2,600 tons, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
ag/arm/tc/dhc




I'm sure Coke is their biggest national export..at some point you have to say fukk it and promote your own shyt no matter how bad it is..

Is coke a bigger export than their coffee?

 

[hu3ypdadon]

He not lying..if cocaine was grown in France, Uk, anywhere in Europe there be a lot of stores with cokes as their main seller in the US

 

[Wig Twistin Season]

I’ve had whiskey and cocaine several times. They’re nothing alike.

 

[Givethanks]

The war on drugs was never a war on drugs but a war on people.


Sugar and salt are silent killers affecting whole nations and not a peep.

 

[Fanservice]

It’s the optics.

Everyone could be drinking poison at a party and nobody would bat an eye.

But if you pull out a big ziplock bag full of coke and threw it on a table, some people in the room are gonna be shook

 

[Guile]

Lowkey he has a point.

 

[Oatmeal]

Need a Jordan dunking a brick...... BrickMan logo @3Rivers set this thread off breh

 

[Secure Da Bag]

He kinda right

He's not wrong but he's not right either

What does the science say?

Let's let him do a line of whiskey and check the results.

 

[Mike Nasty]

I have to say, I don’t think anything is worse than being drunk off everclear or moonshine.

You should walk around Vancouver and see all the heroin junkies, that might change your mind.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

I’ve been around coke heads and alcoholics… Alcoholics are worst

I disagree. Being offered a line every 5 mins. Being pestered do you have a note or a cigarette. Then the paranoia of 'What's that's noise' of the coke user all gets rather boring and annoying. And that all before it people get to line watching. 'That's too small have some more' or 'Thats too long' or 'That's too fat', 'Leave me some'. And then there's the fallout of running out of coke. Blaming others of nicking some or they cannot get hold of the dealer. Someone's holding out. Or the dealer hasn't turned up yet even tho they said they will be 30mins and its only been 15mins.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

I have to say, I don’t think anything is worse than being drunk off everclear or moonshine.

Both create blackout conditions. And if you made blow legal, you might as well get ready for all of the successive prob on end that will arise.

No thank you.

come on breh

You, me on the streets of Cartagena




That looks like a fun night with some bad ass Columbians and a Mountain of blow on a coffee table with Don Julio blasting some Bad Bunny

no snitching but @Jmare007 can get us a few bricks for a low price



#VivaLa

 

[Hater Eraser]

Crack cocaine is more neurologically harmful than cocaine because of the uptake that happens when ingested via smoke

Crack cocaine exists because of the war on drugs

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