Lack Of The Drug Trade In Colombia

For many rural societies in Colombia, there was an extreme lack of legal economic opportunities provided both before and during the drug trade. Their view of the drug trade initially was that it brought forth economic opportunity and livelihood for their family. The drug ventures were able to take advantage of this lack of economic freedom and provide many of these communities with not only money for their families but also public goods such as housing and soccer fields. The lack of opportunity in the legal economic sector caused many to accept jobs in the illicit drug ventures. Industries within the legal economy were harmed by this diversion of labor and capital, which ultimately stunted the growth of Colombia’s