Cocaine For Guns
In this interesting piece [1] ISN discusses the drugs/weapons intersect in Colombia and discusses the inability for the state to react to the situation appropriately –
In fact, the FARC is stronger now than ever. Supply for cocaine has not diminished, nor have prices soared as originally planned. In fact, increased militarization in Colombia has exacerbated the problem, stimulating the demand for black market guns in Colombia. Militarization is the leading policy for Mexico, Brazil, and Central America, where organized crime and street gangs are running amuck.
The escalation of violence is the only outcome for military solutions to what are essentially social problems. More violence demands more guns, more guns means more cocaine, and so on. This cycle has continued for decades, and will only get worse until leaders work together to seek alternative policies to deal with a massive black market that is quite clearly out of control.
- http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=14921
-Shlok
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