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08.08.2022
THEME: WORLD

Colombia: New left-wing leader wants global drugs rethink

Colombian President Gustavo Petro was elected for a fresh global strategy to combat illegal drugs trafficking. Mr Petro told a crowd of his supporters in Bogota that it is time for a new global convention that "accepts the war on drugs has failed.It has left a million dead Latin Americans during 40 years," he said, "and it leaves 70,000 North Americans dead by overdose each year.”