Cocaine: Colombia’s Supply & Spain’s Demand (and what to do about it)
October 5th, 2010
Cocaine is the drug of choice in several European countries, but most notably, Spain, which has the highest per capita consumption of cocaine in the continent. It is so prevalent, in fact, that researchers have found the drug in an analysis of the air in Madrid and Barcelona (concentrations are even higher on weekends). And if you examine a random bank note in Spain, there is a 94% chance you’ll find traces of cocaine on it.
This problem hasn’t been getting much better for Spain or for the rest of Europe, for that matter. In fact, in November of...
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