Deforestation, soil erosion, and chemical pollution
What effect does growing cocaine have on the environment?
100
In the mid- 70s. Columbian dealers shipped over 500 tons of it into the U.S. during that time.
When did marijuana enter the Columbian Drug trade?
100
The U.S.
What country is the largest buyer of drugs?
100
Columbia.
What country produces the most cocaine in the world?
200
1937
When was marijuana outlawed in Columbia?
200
Many coke plantations provide prostitutes to sustain their employees, which leads to a rapid spread of sexually- transmitted disease. Also, cocaine is highly addictive and ruins lives.
What effect does the drug trade have on health?
200
In the late 1970s. This would eventually become the primary drug in the drug trade.
When did Cocaine enter the drug trade?
200
$50,000/kilo
How much can cocaine be sold for?
200
In the jungles of South America
Where are most drugs grown and produced?
300
Marijuana and coca leaves for ceremonial and traditional medical uses
What do Columbian indigenous groups use as part of their culture?
300
It provides money for struggling Columbian families and raises the Columbian standard of living.
What are the few positive outcomes of the drug trade?
300
cartels.
What are drug groups called?
300
Grown and then processed in jungle labs
How are many of the drugs in the colombian drug trade produced?
300
The United States and European countries have provided financial, logistical, tactical and military aid to the government of Colombia to help them combat the trade.
How do other countries deal with the drug trade in Colombia?
400
Estimated to be 450,000
How many people have been killed in the Columbian drug trade/war?
400
Countless judges, witnesses, and policemen have been assassinated.
What effect does the trade have on people living in colombia?
400
it is grown. It come from a plant called coca.
How is cocaine made?
400
Heroin is based from the plant opium, which is grown in hot, humid environments. It is then processed and made in a lab.
How is Heroin made?
400
It is grown and produced in South America and smuggled across the border
How do drugs travel to the U.S.?
500
2011
When did Colombia become the world's largest cocaine producer?
500
It is illegal and it leads to countless numbers of drug- related murders, along with large sums of national debt and spending.
Why is the drug trade dangerous?
500
2.2 pounds.
How much is a kilo?
500
Around $100 billion
How much money does drug trafficking make every year?