Sep 22, 2010

Whack-a-mole: Latin American drug wars are our fault

Go, Canada! When is a U.S. columnist going to get this blunt with the public? 
(P.S. If you want to learn more about how, "the Americans .. pushed to have drug prohibition entrenched in international law and ... twisted arms until everyone signed on" read our page, The Inflluence of the U.S. on United Nations Drug Policy)

Latin American drug wars are our fault: "You know how the illicit drug trade has plagued the countries of Latin America for decades? You know how it spreads corruption, undermines governance, and distorts economies? You know how it stacks corpses like cordwood?

You know all that? Good. Because you are responsible. Yes, you. None of this would be happening if the drug trade hadn't been banned -- that just handed it on a silver tray to thugs, gangsters, terrorists, and guerrillas. And you know who banned it? Your country. Canada.

Sure, it was the Americans who pushed to have drug prohibition entrenched in international law and it was the Americans who twisted arms until everyone signed on. But Canada supported the United States from the beginning. It still does. Sept. 22, 2010, Dan Gardner, The Ottawa Citizen




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