This is why we need to radically reconsider our drug policy, and take all necessary steps, including legalization, to end the “War on Drugs.”
The U.S. has a debt to the Colombian people because it also played a dirty role in this cruel war. The U.S. trained and supplied the Colombian military with billions of our tax dollars as it committed human rights abuses against its own people. We know that the so-called “War on Drugs” was really a war on our people in the United States and in Colombia.
https://ajamubaraka.squarespace.com/blog/2016/8/31/statement-on-colombia-peace-agreement