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Ogla



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Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year
#21891851 - 07/03/15 09:19 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Jul 02,2015
Although the Colombian government agreed to jump on board with the U.S.-backed efforts to curb cocaine production, Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year, jumping by as much as 53 percent, a United Nations annual survey reports. Cultivation of the coca leaf, which is used to make cocaine, also increased drastically, now taking up about 266 square miles in the country — a chunk of land that The Associated Press estimates to be about 12 times the size of Manhattan. These increases in production are the largest seen in almost a decade.
Colombia is one of the world's three main cocaine-producing countries, along with Bolivia and Peru. The latest findings revealed in the UN report will likely force Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to step up efforts to curb the production of cocaine to keep his promise of participation in the U.S.-led war on drugs.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/564417/despite-promises-colombian-cocaine-production-more-than-doubled-last-year
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Colours
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: Ogla]
#21892734 - 07/03/15 01:48 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Once again, the results of a failed drug war.
Imagine sitting on a secluded beach and suddenly multiple bales of coke wash up on shore (which does happen). What would you do?
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HardTrippin
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: Colours]
#21893408 - 07/03/15 04:24 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Colours said: Once again, the results of a failed drug war.
Imagine sitting on a secluded beach and suddenly multiple bales of coke wash up on shore (which does happen). What would you do?
Report it to the proper authorities.
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cube talk
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: HardTrippin]
#21893447 - 07/03/15 04:35 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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HardTrippin said:
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Colours said: Once again, the results of a failed drug war.
Imagine sitting on a secluded beach and suddenly multiple bales of coke wash up on shore (which does happen). What would you do?
Report it to the proper authorities.
unfortunately.... this
too risky to sale
and way way too evil to actually do
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: cube talk]
#21893528 - 07/03/15 04:54 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yet they still can't make a proper unadulterated product.
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: Atreyu]
#21893957 - 07/03/15 06:51 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Atreyu said: Yet they still can't make a proper unadulterated product.
Why would they? Haha you must be new to how the cocaine market works.
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: cube talk]
#21894717 - 07/03/15 09:42 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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cube talk said:
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HardTrippin said:
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Colours said: Once again, the results of a failed drug war.
Imagine sitting on a secluded beach and suddenly multiple bales of coke wash up on shore (which does happen). What would you do?
Report it to the proper authorities.
unfortunately.... this
too risky to sale
and way way too evil to actually do
I am sorry I would grab as much possible and share it with my closest friends. That is a lifetime coke supply. I wouldn't take my time as I would want no one to see me collect it.... Not necessarily out of arrest worries, but worries of the people releasing it wanting it back.
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: Colours]
#21895006 - 07/03/15 11:26 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Colours said: Once again, the results of a failed drug war.
Imagine sitting on a secluded beach and suddenly multiple bales of coke wash up on shore (which does happen). What would you do?
Sadly, cocaine has no effect on me other than uncomfortably increasing my heart rate. No euphoria or feeling of superiority. Due to this, I would just sell it on Agora.
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: Atreyu]
#21895961 - 07/04/15 08:46 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Atreyu said: Yet they still can't make a proper unadulterated product.
Cocaine is already the most toxic & dangerous street drug (you have a greater risk of dieing from heroin if you're intolerant though). A pure product would mean more overdoses. Od'ing on coke is not pretty its like seziures til your heart explodes. Just 20mg of pure coke, a line about the length of a finger nail, would get you very high. People wouldn't know to do so little.
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: PurpleHaze147]
#21896510 - 07/04/15 12:19 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Chris Farley's death pic looked pretty rough. I kind of wish I'd never seen it because now when I watch him on tv I cant stop thinking of that pic.
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: Amanita86]
#21902225 - 07/05/15 06:31 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: PsilocybinMan]
#21907681 - 07/06/15 10:40 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year, jumping by as much as 53 percent, a United Nations annual survey reports.
Doubling would be an increase of 100%. Lol why are journalists so dumb?
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Re: Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year [Re: searching]
#21908732 - 07/07/15 08:44 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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searching said:
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Colombian cocaine production more than doubled last year, jumping by as much as 53 percent, a United Nations annual survey reports.
Doubling would be an increase of 100%. Lol why are journalists so dumb?
You beat me to it; I was just reading through to make sure no one else had called the article out on that. They produced 1.53x as much, not 2x as much. The average person does not analyze closely enough, or pay enough attention to catch that. We tend to skim over numbers and statistics, so they try to sneak a scarier number in there... or maybe they're just stupid and don't know the difference between 53% and 100%.
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