"The amount of land required to supply cocaine, marijuana, and heroin demands is quite tiny," McSweeney added. "It becomes an environmental problem because the fields keep getting destroyed, so in order to meet that demand, they have to keep moving around — drug policy keeps that cultivation mobile."
Fumigation campaigns, for example, are commonly used as a means of drug crop eradication. They have been a cornerstone of the 15-year, multi-billion dollar Plan Colombia, an aid package created by the United States to fight drug trafficking in the South American country. For years, government planes sprayed glyphosate — the active ingredient in Monsanto's Round Up — onto illicit coca crops, with notable impacts on wildlife, food crops, livestock, and the health of nearby residents."
Fumigation campaigns, for example, are commonly used as a means of drug crop eradication. They have been a cornerstone of the 15-year, multi-billion dollar Plan Colombia, an aid package created by the United States to fight drug trafficking in the South American country. For years, government planes sprayed glyphosate — the active ingredient in Monsanto's Round Up — onto illicit coca crops, with notable impacts on wildlife, food crops, livestock, and the health of nearby residents."