Apr 18, 2017
The global “war on drugs” has been fought for several decades
now and without preventing the long-term trend of increasing drug
supply and use. Beyond this failure, the UNODC has identified many
serious negative “unintended consequences” of the drug war –
including the stigma and discrimination faced by a range of
populations.
So, this week on Ep182 we get international finance expert Luc
LaPointe on the line from the southern Colombian city of Cali where
he is studying the possibilities of changing the image of marijuana
and coca in Colombia to include an awareness of their traditional
and medicinal properties.
We talk frankly about what needs to be done, how medicinal
marijuana can be a force for change for the campesinos in the
region, the politics, the meetings being held and beyond.
Certainly, for LaPointe this is a challenge on a day to day basis
and one which definitely merits listening to.