Bolivia kicks out DEA, cocaine production plummets

[SteelCitySouth]

(08-28-2015, 04:19 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: LOL...You do realize this is one governmental agency taking over for another governmental agency.  Therefor any and all "wins" would be attributed to a governmental agency.

It's like I don't even have to try.

(08-28-2015, 10:27 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: Maybe in your next post you can be a little more transparent. 

This post makes zero sense.  

(08-30-2015, 01:12 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So you really were giving congratulations to liberal government intervention for reducing the cocaine crop in Bolivia?  Or did you not read the article?


http://theantimedia.org/cocaine-production-plummets-after-dea-kicked-out-of-bolivia/


The strategy employed by the Bolivian government may be a surprise to many prohibitionists because it did not involve any strong-arm police state tactics.


“Bolivia has adopted a policy based on dialogue, where coca cultivation is allowed in traditional areas alongside alternative development [in others],”Antonino de Leo, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s representative in Bolivia, told VICE News.

“It’s not only about making money off a crop. In the old fashioned alternative development approach, we substitute one illicit crop for a licit crop. It’s about a more comprehensive approach that includes access to essential services like schools, hospitals, and roads in areas that traditionally have been hard to reach,” Leo added.

(08-30-2015, 01:43 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: How does this qualify as liberal government intervention?

(09-03-2015, 10:46 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Because the government intervened to address the problem.  That is considered a liberal practice.  

Conservatives would have just said "Let the free market take care of it." or "We need to stop being soft on criminals."

Horse...Water...Water....Horse.

Still thirsty