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Shoveling Water: War on drugs, War on people
By: witnessforpeace
Posted: Mar 31 09
Witnessed: 1161 times
Regions: Colombia
Issues: Drugs & human rights
Tags: aerial, Coca, Cocaine, Colombia, drug, drugs, fumigation, spraying, war
Journey to the heart of coca country where United States tax dollars have financed the aerial fumigation of 2.6 million acres of land in Colombia – the world's second most biodiverse country.
See cropdusters target coca plants, the main ingredient of cocaine, with concentrated herbicide as part of the U.S. war on drugs.
Listen to people on the ground, hear about the impacts, and learn new ideas about how to solve this deadly problem.
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