Tuesday, July 17, 2007

After 7 years, $4.7 billion spent, and massive fumigation -- there is 27% more coca in Colombia

Ohhhh no, not another drug war post.... YES!
Since 2000, under the banner of, "Plan Colombia," the American government has spent $4.7 billion fighting drugs and helping the Colombian military counter armed groups in the country. More than 900,000 hectares of coca, the base for cocaine, have consequently been fumigated or manually eradicated. Yet, according to the U.S. State Department, there is 27 percent more coca in Colombia today than at the onset of Plan Colombia. White House Drug Czar John Walters also recently admitted that the price of cocaine in the United States fell 11 percent from February 2005 to October 2006, with a gram now available in cities like New York and Los Angeles for $30 or less.

The cocaine war in Colombia did a lot of damage though. Read more here.
Torrent: Plan Colombia - Cashing In on the Drug War Failure.

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