1g of this white powder = 4m2 of deforestation.
Here is the environmental impact of cocaine production.
Here is the environmental impact of cocaine production.
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00:00The drug trade is an efficient cause of deforestation, climate change, environmental disorder,
00:24the murder of life, of poverty.
00:34Every time a citizen of an industrialized country consumes cocaine,
00:42he is killing a lung of humanity, which is our Amazon jungle.
00:54Every time a citizen of an industrialized country consumes cocaine,
01:02he is killing a lung of humanity, which is our Amazon jungle.
01:24Every time a citizen of an industrialized country consumes cocaine,
01:30he is killing a lung of humanity, which is our Amazon jungle.
01:39We use pesticides for pests, because pests eat the coca in pieces,
01:45and that affects our economy.
01:47We use pesticides for pests, because pests eat the coca in pieces,
01:53and that affects our economy.
01:56The bees that come in contact with the pesticides applied to coca trees
02:01or other plantations, such as tomatoes,
02:05cause the bees to die or get lost in the field.
02:09They don't return to their home, which is the hive.
02:18What happens is that these insecticides are mostly phosphorated organs.
02:24What happens is that these insecticides are mostly phosphorated organs.
02:28They derive from phosphoric acid, which is highly toxic.
02:32It accumulates in the body and also affects the central nervous system.
02:47What happens is that these insecticides are mostly phosphorated organs.
02:53They derive from phosphoric acid, which is highly toxic.
02:58It accumulates in the body and also affects the central nervous system.
03:04What happens is that these insecticides are mostly phosphorated organs.
03:09They derive from phosphoric acid, which is highly toxic.
03:13What happens is that these insecticides are mostly phosphorated organs.
03:18Every time a citizen of an industrialized country consumes narcotics,
03:23he is producing two times more drugs than the average person.
03:29Every time a citizen of an industrialized country consumes narcotics,
03:34he is producing two times more drugs than the average person.
03:39Every time a citizen of an industrialized country consumes narcotics,
03:46he is producing two bloodshed in a country like Colombia.
03:52The bloodshed caused by the murder of a citizen
03:58and the bloodshed caused by the impoverishment of a people
04:05that wants to destroy its environment.