Cocaine is no worse than whiskey.
That play for Colombia’s president in a live television number.
– If we want peace, we must remove the business opportunities. This can be taken down if you legalize cocaine in the world. It can be sold as wine, he says.
Cocaine is not a worse drug than alcohol, and is most illegal because it comes from South America. This is stated by Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia, who produces the most cocaine in the world.
– The researchers have studied it. Cocaine is no worse than whiskey, he says during a live ministerial meeting.
He claims that the world’s attitude to drugs is discriminatory.
– Cocaine is illegal because it is manufactured in Latin America, he says.
“Can be sold as wine”
Petro also believes that the “war against the drug” for which, among other things, the United States, and for long periods has brought Colombia with it, is misinterpreted.
– If we want peace, we must remove the business opportunities. This can be taken down if you legalize cocaine in the world. It can be sold as wine, he says.
Although it is a dangerous and illegal drug, cocaine is very popular in many parts of the world. In 2023, Colombia’s production rose 53 percent to 2,600 tonnes, the UN agency estimates Unodc.
– What hit the United States, Fentanyl, is what kills them. It is not made in Colombia, but there is there, but no major policy against it, he says.