Crystal Foretia
Sep 19, 2017

Jose Cardenas: The United States is Losing the War on Drugs

Cardenas wrote an article on Foreign Policy about the state of the drug war in North and South America, particularly U.S.-Colombian relations on drug policy. Cardenas reports Colombia is the main source of cocaine in American markets and how "the United States would likely experience in 2018 the highest cocaine supply and usage levels in a decade" due to changes in Colombian drug policy. What are your thoughts?

Source:

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/18/the-united-states-is-losing-the-war-on-drugs-in-the-americas/

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