Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that cocaine is only illegal around the world because it is produced in Latin America, and that a change in its status would contribute to preventing criminal organizations from profiting from it.
Petro made the claim speaking at a roundtable with his cabinet on Tuesday, saying that is the case not because the drug is "worse than whisky." "That is what scientists are analyzing. What indeed is affecting the U.S. is fentanyl, which is killing them," the president said.
