FAIR TRADE COCAINE A revolutionary business proposal. (No advertisement!)

The coca farmers in Colombia, Bolivia and Peru are organized in the structure of syndicates. Every department has its associations which consist out of smaller comitees. Those associations form federations on the international level united in their common cause in the struggle for the recognition of the coca plant and its millenia long tradition as a medicinal plant used aswell for social religious and nutritional purposes. They are against the eradication programs sponsored by the foreign policy of the governments we elect. In Colombia its called: circulo regional indigena. In Bolivia: cinco federaciones de los yungas y el chapare. In Peru: central nacional agropecuaria cocalera del Peru. Those three form the: consejo Andino del productores de hoja de coca of south america. All these farmers are independent producers of the coca leaf selling to the government and the free market. The cartels influence is mainly concentrated in the capitals and the shipping port cities. They contract local buyers (acopiadores) who buy parts here and there from the farmers. Their labs are usually found and busted in the cities. The biggest concentration of alkaloids are found in the higher laying valleys, just like the best coffee comes from the higher ground. Coca plants are being cultivated just like any normal crop like coffee cacao or quinua. And yes, post offices do exist here..

Just like DNM's are about money, so is what im proposing. Its a business idea. We got tor! All existing vendors buy through DNM accounts their 100grams at a time against a lower price from the farmers representatives. Your guarantee is the quality product against a fair price. We will be buying from individual farmers offering more for higher quality only using trusted farmers. It will be small in the beginning like a drop in the ocean but it should develop itself from there. As a matter of fact it already is taking off as we speak! http://io9.com/fair-trade-cocaine-is-a-thing-now-1620110392


Comments


[8 Points] durgsrbad:

Whilst a noble idea, it's not that simple.

I'm all for my coins going direct to the source. Who doesn't? Even if you take the altruistic motivations out of the equation, you're generally dealing with a better price and less chance of shit being stepped on.

But the real underlying issue is the infrastructure. How does one move high quality product, with great stealth and service, from one of the poorest countries under the highest scrutiny, to a buying public?

I do agree it is a good cause and a better idea, but it's not coffee. The end user needs to know things are reliable and safe, before they have the space to express a more ethical approach to their product.


[8 Points] None:

this sounds like more shilling from SourceTrader1000kg, with previous posts titled "Proposal to boycot bad quality cocaine vendors and consequently stop state sponsored organized crime against rural coca farmers."

selling straight from the source to you for only $150/gram so he can make 1000% profit while the buyer pays a premium to assume the risk of importing blow from a cocaine producing country...yeah, no thanks.


[5 Points] greengiantxo:

Just let him get his samples and reviews out! If he is legit, his business will BOOM. If he is not honest, we will know in a week to two weeks


[3 Points] frogsinsocks:

I only do organic free range fair trade cocaine.


[2 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

There's nothing revolutionary about buying coca from coca growers, making it into cocaine and then selling it. What's fairtrade about it? Are you paying them a guaranteed minimum price for their crop, and selling more-expensive cocaine, like free-trade coffee and chocolate are more-costly?


[2 Points] DicksWillBeFucked:

"With each gram of coke you put up your nose and destroy your body with, little Juan will be able to eat for three weeks. Please think of the children..." In the arms of angel, que sad music, pan to malnourished child with tears in eye, bam. Hahahaha. If you are serious about the farmers though, which I can't know, that awesome, and do it anyways regardless what we say if that's actually the case. I think it's magnificent you raise these points about the exploitation of people btw, it's valuable. And admitting to using it as a marketing tool. I'm just saying we can't know whether you are full of it or not, we'd have no way to know other than your word which would mean anything to nothing here unfortunately. But if you provide the only clean product on DNM's consistently with test results well shit, I'm in. But even farmers cut it with deworming agents because not even yayo as a cash crop is enough to meet needs in times of poor harvests and changing global economic conditions which effect their region.

Shits very complicated man.


[1 Points] ScorchedTerran:

Are you suggesting (I apologize if this is a silly question) that you are participating as an organizer of this 'free trade' setup with the Colombian and Peruvian farmers?

If you are, can you please tell me what site you are on? I am on Evo and would love to peruse your wares.