Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed on Saturday an alliance between Latin American countries to bring a unified voice to the fight against drug trafficking, by recognizing drug consumption as a public health problem instead of confronting it with what he called a "failed" militarized approach.
    • bcore@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed on Saturday an alliance between Latin American countries to bring a unified voice to the fight against drug trafficking, by recognizing drug consumption as a public health problem instead of confronting it with what he called a “failed” militarized approach.

      Sounds like what he’s proposing.

      • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I saw war on drugs and pulled my pitchfork out. My bad, and thank you for correcting me. It’s about damn time we approached drugs differently.