And it gets into the water system and the eco system and poisons the environment. We see more deformed babies in the spayed areas. Environmentalists in Colombia now refer to triple deforestation . First the Coca growers clear the jungle. Then the US planes fumigate the area, destroying the coca farm and the surrounding area, making it impossible to cultivate the land - which becomes uninhabitable.
Growers simply move on and clear more jungle for new coca crops.
And of course then the planes fumigate again and so on. The war on drugs in Colombia is an endless process of deforestation and environmental poisoning. John Jay College A military approach to drugs doesn t work. Despite America s war on drugs that started with Nixon, drugs are now cheaper and more available in America than ever before. The drug supply is mobile.