Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey” as the production of coca, the drug’s base ingredient, surges under his presidency.
Petro, a leftist former guerrilla group member who has previously called the US-led war on drugs a failure, said during a televised cabinet meeting that cocaine — of which Colombia is by far the largest producer — was only illegal “because it’s made in Latin America”.
“The business could easily be dismantled if cocaine were legalised worldwide,” Petro said during the chaotic cabinet session on Tuesday night. “It would sell like wine.”
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