News (Media Awareness Project) - Colombia: Column: Snorting Americans |
| Title: | Colombia: Column: Snorting Americans |
| Published On: | 2000-06-23 |
| Source: | Washington Times (DC) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-03 18:43:31 |
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SNORTING AMERICANS
Five days ago, Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois spent his Sunday
afternoon flying over southern Colombia - in a Black Hawk helicopter.
"We spent an hour going over the treetops of a jungle and looking down,"
the Democrat reveals. "A general from the Colombian army was pointing out
to me the fields of coca plants, the plant that ultimately produces
cocaine. After a few minutes, I told him he could stop because we could
literally see them in every direction.
"I am talking about 600 square miles of coca plants," says the senator.
"Where will it be sold? Right here, most of it, in the United States."
About 80 percent of the cocaine and heroin consumed in the United States
comes from Colombia.
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John McCaslin can be reached at 202/636-3284 or by e-mail at
mccasl@twtmail.com.
SNORTING AMERICANS
Five days ago, Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois spent his Sunday
afternoon flying over southern Colombia - in a Black Hawk helicopter.
"We spent an hour going over the treetops of a jungle and looking down,"
the Democrat reveals. "A general from the Colombian army was pointing out
to me the fields of coca plants, the plant that ultimately produces
cocaine. After a few minutes, I told him he could stop because we could
literally see them in every direction.
"I am talking about 600 square miles of coca plants," says the senator.
"Where will it be sold? Right here, most of it, in the United States."
About 80 percent of the cocaine and heroin consumed in the United States
comes from Colombia.
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John McCaslin can be reached at 202/636-3284 or by e-mail at
mccasl@twtmail.com.
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