Fair-Trade Cocaine

Scotland - The Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) is attempting to appeal to crack cocaine users by brining it to their attention that their cocaine is not Fair-Trade certified.

The SCDEA's basis is that the demographic for cocaine users is nearly identical to that of fair-trade supporters.

From Det Supt Willie MacColl, the SCDEA's national drugs coordinator:
"People boycott disposable nappies, choose organic vegetables and fair trade goods such as coffee but these same people think nothing of having a line of cocaine that's caused immeasurable harm."

The anti-drugs agency claims there are 18,000 murders a year in Colombia alone - 50 each day - associated with drug trafficking.

Apparently, by many, it is often seen as a 'clean' and a more respectable drug as it can be snorted and need not be injected like heroin, although the effects and dependence can be catastrophic.

Sources: PRI's "The World" and BBC News