Colombian President Tells UN Fossil Fuels Are Killing Planet Faster Than Cocaine
- Merry Jane · Sep 23, 2022
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Colombia’s president slammed prohibitionist politics at the UN General Assembly this past Tuesday in his first speech to the chamber. He said that the rainforest is filled with violence from the prosecution of the Inca's sacred medicine: Coca, the plant from which cocaine is derived. He also said that the rainforest is pillaged for oil. Both the prosecution of coca farmers and harvesting fossil fuels are destroying the Earth. “The war on drugs has failed,” he said, according to a United Nations translation. “The fight against the climate crisis has [also] failed.”
From the start of his administration, Petro made it clear that he’s had it with the War on Drugs and its calamitous effects on his country. In August, he likened the prospect of legal cocaine to vegetable crops. “[It’s] like sowing corn, like sowing potatoes,” he…
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Colombia’s president slammed prohibitionist politics at the UN General Assembly this past Tuesday in his first speech to the chamber. He said that the rainforest is filled with violence from the prosecution of the Inca's sacred medicine: Coca, the plant from which cocaine is derived. He also said that the rainforest is pillaged for oil. Both the prosecution of coca farmers and harvesting fossil fuels are destroying the Earth. “The war on drugs has failed,” he said, according to a United Nations translation. “The fight against the climate crisis has [also] failed.”
From the start of his administration, Petro made it clear that he’s had it with the War on Drugs and its calamitous effects on his country. In August, he likened the prospect of legal cocaine to vegetable crops. “[It’s] like sowing corn, like sowing potatoes,” he…
