SUGGEST A STORY  |   CREATE AN ACCOUNT  |  
DoseNation.com

Ghana has been 'cocalised'

Last year we reported that global drug cartels were setting up shop in the troubled countries of lawless West Africa, including the nation of Ghana. According to Ghana's Parliamentary Minority Leader, the majority party NPP, including President Kufuor, is totally in bed with the new West African coca mob.

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Alban S. K. Bagbin, has accused the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of direct involvement in drug trafficking.

Speaking at the launch of National Democratic Congress constituency campaign at Ho, the Member of Parliament for Nadowli West described the incidence of drug in Ghana as "too much", creating insecurity and tarnishing the image of the country.

"We have allowed ourselves to be 'cocalised'. The cocaine now is too much in the system, any country where cocaine, heroin and wee, become the centre piece of their trade or income, it raises a number of issues. The first issue is that the security has broken down; the second issue is that the political leadership is part of the trade."

See that folks, we have a new term for what happens to a country when it officially becomes a narco-state: cocalisation.

Posted By jamesk at 2008-11-03 11:57:43 permalink | comments
Facebook it! Twitter it! Digg it! Reddit! StumbleUpon It! Google Bookmark del.icio.us technorati Furl Yahoo! Bookmark
» More ways to bookmark this page


dononamous. : 2008-11-04 02:53:30
that name fucking rules
jamesk : 2008-11-03 12:07:31
As a side note, this article mentions 'wee', and as far as I can tell that's what they call pot in Ghana. Wee!
All anonymous comments will be reviewed by a moderator before going live.
Your Name:

Follow DoseNation

Daily E-mail
  » More subscription options

Recently @ DoseNation

Sites We Like

CelebStoner
Coilhouse
Comfort Radio
Daily Transmission
Drug Law Blog
Drug WarRant
DrugCritics
Ectoplasmosis
Erik Davis
EROCx1
Erowid
Gaian Botanicals
Gnostic Media
h+ Magazine
Loopy Lettuce
LSD Research
Mark Pesce
Matrixmasters
MedBuds.org
MilkandCookies
Narco Polo
Neuroethics & Law Blog
Neurophilosophy
ParaTheatrical ReSearch
Psy Press UK
Psychedelic Salon
Psychointegrator
Psychonaut.com
Psychopraxis
R6XX.com
Ramez Naam
Renegade Futurist
Roaming The Mind
RU Sirius Show
Scotto
Shroomery News
Singing to the Plants
SlashDrugs
Slog
Strange Attractor
Supermassive News
Synchronium
Tales From The Tripside
The Mad Artist
The Teleomorph
Toke of the Town
Tonx
Tripzine
Warren Ellis
Xenolinguistics
HOME
COMMENTS
NEWS
ARCHIVE
EDITORS
REVIEW POLICY
SUGGEST A STORY
CREATE AN ACCOUNT
RSS | TWITTER | FACEBOOK
DIGG | REDDIT | SHARE