MetaFilter posts tagged with warondrugs and Colombia

Commerce of Cocaine

daksya — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:29:56 -0800

Postroad — Thu, 25 Jan 2001 06:58:22 -0800

We are the world. No matter what you think of this expansion into Ecuador to stamp out the drug trade in Columbia, you have to love the great economic ramifications for locals as they open facilities and raise prices for their wealthy neighbors from the north. No mention, alas, of the prostitutes who usually move close to military facilities.

holgate — Sat, 06 Jan 2001 14:14:12 -0800

"If US drugs policy were a company, it would have gone bankrupt years ago." This, see, is why Bush needs to increase military spending. long before the dot-com era, the same mentality fuelled the War on Drugs: spend now, and hope for profits... well, some time in the future.

snakey — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 09:49:05 -0800

USA May Expand Columbian War I know, let's drag the rest of Latin America into this stupid war! Sure sounds good to me. . .