UNODC Challenges the Cocaine Trade

What began as an sacrament of the ancient Inca culture, and started off as a gift from god, has developed into a lethal weapon affecting countries worldwide.

The evolution of global cocaine trade is a major concern in the UNODC committee.  Each day illicit drug trade evolves reaching massive numbers, causing it to be one of the biggest businesses worldwide.

“We are leading a way to nowhere,” Augusto Vicco, delegate from the Russian Federation, said.

The delegations pointed out that the first step to take is to tackle the problem from the bottom and that way they will be able to get to the top and start eliminating the prime source of the issue, how these drugs are being trafficking.

“Leave aside your fears but not your logic,”-  Sofia Espinosa, the delegate from the Republic of Colombia, said.

One of the most popular cases of Cocaine smuggling are presented to be American and European markets linked directly to the committee’s infamous topic of “The Evolution of Global Cocaine Trade.” North America being responsible of the 40% and Europe of the 34% of the cocaine consumption.

“A wall is not high enough to stop a plane neither low enough to stop a submarine,” Augusto Vicco, delegate of the Russian Federation, said.

The delegate of Mexico stated that 13% of the cocaine enters through the border of Mexico and the United States. Some delegations saw that a viable solution to prevent the trafficking of cocaine between Mexico and The United States is to build the “oh so famous wall” President Donald Trump wants to implement for the prevention of immigrants. However, the delegates think that this wall might be convenient at this times, were the evolution of Cocaine between these two countries is starting to become a more serious problem.

The committee hasn’t come to an agreement, though, there has been several solutions suggested from different delegations such as the legalization of drugs, but none of these have satisfied the committee.

“People get killed and people kill for drugs” expressed the delegate form The Russian Federation “if they are illegal now, imagine if it were legal.”