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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/05/30/vow-fix-colombias-drug-policies-could-see-ex-guerilla-become/
I will end war on drugs, says ex-guerilla tipped to be new
Colombian president
Gustavo Petro has proposed to legalise the consumption of
cannabis and halt the forced eradication of coca crops
. . .
Guess who just got a millon-dollar bounty on his head ?
Dope is PROFITABLE, Very VERY profitable. You can charge
a lot because it's illegal.
If it's not illegal you may as well be selling potato
chips. Very little profit.
So - it's worth umpteen millions for the drug cartels
to snuff this guy as quickly as possible. Business
is business.
Can't really get away with this in the USA or EU
either - for essentially the same reason. The dope
lords won't stand for it, the cops and judges and
prosectors and pols they bribe won't stand for it
either.
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