Comments on: Globalization of the drug trade http://chrisblattman.com/2009/03/25/globalization-of-the-drug-trade/ International development, politics, economics, and policy Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Adamhttp://chrisblattman.com/2009/03/25/globalization-of-the-drug-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-4744 Adam Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:37:00 +0000 http://dev.chrisblattman.com/2009/03/25/globalization-of-the-drug-trade/#comment-4744 A large and growing problem Chris, you're quite right to raise it. The recent Guinea Bissau coup and perhaps the one in Guinea was alledgedly tied up with the drugs trade, and there's a case closing in Sierra Leone right now on a similar bent (http://www.news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200511626.shtml).<br/><br/>West Africa, sadly, is only a medium-sized plane ride from the north-east tip of South America. A large and growing problem Chris, you’re quite right to raise it. The recent Guinea Bissau coup and perhaps the one in Guinea was alledgedly tied up with the drugs trade, and there’s a case closing in Sierra Leone right now on a similar bent (http://www.news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200511626.shtml).

West Africa, sadly, is only a medium-sized plane ride from the north-east tip of South America.

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