Awareness about cocaine's ecocide in Colombia

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Take action

Yes, you can help stop cocaine’s ecocide.

Here’s how if you are a –

Person

  • Reject cocaine consumption.
  • Learn more about the environmental devastation that cocaine leaves in its wake and tell your friends and family about it.
  • Learn more about Shared Responsibility’s work and spread the word.
  • Keep an eye out for Shared Responsibility events in your community and offer to participate.
  • Join Shared Responsibility’s group on Facebook or our channel on YouTube.
  • Purchase alternative development products when available.
  • Join a youth group that works to protect the environment and/or prevent drug usage.

Organization

  • Diffuse Shared Responsibility’s message within your organization.
  • Link your organization's webpage to Shared Responsibilty's site.
  • Actively discourage cocaine use within your organization.
  • Promotoe the purchase of alternative development products

School, University or Educational Institution

  • Invite Shared Responsibility to your school
  • Develop conferences, seminars or panel discussions that examine Shared Responsibility’s message and the effect of illicit drugs in your community
  • Use Shared Responsibility’s virtual lessons as a drug prevention tool.
  • Sensitize teachers so they can spread the word
  • Take advantage of special events related to Shared Responsibility’s message, such as Earth Day, to promote our cause
  • Adopt a zero tolerance policy toward cocaine use

Government

  • Spread the word about Shared Responsibility among various government areas, especially those related with public health, education and law enforcement.
  • Adopt Shared Responsibility’s message as a drug prevention strategy.
  • Help make our virtual lessons available.
  • Learn more about alternative development in Colombia and study the possibility of helping out.
  • Eliminate travel warnings to Colombia, if applicable.
  • Recommend local events in which Shared Responsibility can participate.
  • Link government sites to Shared Responsibility's webpage.

"58% of Colombia's illicit crops are located in FARC-influenced areas: 58,879 hectares of coca capable of producing 252 tons of cocaine per year, valued at more than 7.5 billion USD."

Cambio Magazine. September, 2009

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