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Monday, December 29, 2008
Taking the Cocaine Train?
Colombia is a beautiful country with so much culture to offer. So why is it that people who visit Colombia insist on going to coke labs? There are two issues here, the most obvious being the fact that travelers are paying money to go to coke labs.

It has already been established that the money made from the cocaine trade contributes to the death of thousands of people in Colombia. Not from addiction but because the cocaine money funds the internal conflicts there. This means political assassinations, massacres and the displacement of people (refugees) on a large scale.

The second issue is that Colombia has become synonymous with cocaine to the point that tourists have become interested in seeing the labs as if though they were cultural sites. People can now say that they went to a coke lab in Colombia, and were taught how to break down coca leaves to its base powder.

More issues can be listed out here but lets be honest, it is a stupid thing that is happening and the only ones that truly get hurt are the Colombians and the Colombian culture.
Written at 12:56 PM by Sebastien.
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