Volconvo Debate Forums - View Single Post - Bolivian candidate would legalize coca growing

pubmanager · Dec 13, 2005, 02:13 pm

Growing coca is a way of life for native indian Bolivians (of whom Evo Morales is one), the plant has massive cultural significance and was grown and revered for it's medicinal properties and other characteristics. It has very little to do with the production and distribution of cocaine.

The campaign being launched against him and supported by the US administration is a sinical use of the coca/cocaine issue to gain political capital.

Dec 13, 2005, 02:13 pm	#6 (permalink) (top)
pubmanager start drinking up Location: london Posts: 582	Growing coca is a way of life for native indian Bolivians (of whom Evo Morales is one), the plant has massive cultural significance and was grown and revered for it's medicinal properties and other characteristics. It has very little to do with the production and distribution of cocaine. The campaign being launched against him and supported by the US administration is a sinical use of the coca/cocaine issue to gain political capital. "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)