The imperialist policy of the prohibition of the coca plant Centuries before colonization it was celebrated throughout South America that coca is a healthy plant with nutritional and medicinal qualities. But in the eyes of the colonizer, the consumption of coca was perceived as a barbarian and inferior custom. Later on, in 1949, the American […]
Auteur: jannekenijmeijer
Coca as a solution
The War on Drugs policy is focused on the production side. One of its means is to destroy coca plantations in countries where coca is cultivated. This 30 year old policy has proven to be ineffective. Which is why we should look at constructive alternatives. Solutions that do not focus on the dangers of coca, […]
Racism and drug trade
There is a shared idea that ethnic minorities are dominating the drug trade, partly maintained by media. Newspapers in the Netherlands drop the popular term called ‘Mocro maffia’, in which drug crime is directly linked with the Dutch-Moroccan community. In the USA the phenomena of ethnic profiling in drugs crime is for centuries an issue. Despite the white population in […]
[:nl]Op zoek naar fairtrade cocaïne? Dan moeten we je teleurstellen: fairtrade coke bestaat niet. De productie en handel in cocaïne veroorzaken wereldwijd problemen. Achter een lijntje coke schuilt veel bloed, geweld, corruptie en ecologische destructie. Is een half uur plezier dat waard? De decennialange durende war on drugs heeft gefaald: de vraag naar cocaïne is onverminderd gebleken en […]
