Mexiko. Methamphetamine Production in Mexico Is Toxic for the Environment
Mexiko. Methamphetamine Production in Mexico Is Toxic for the Environment
It is over 33 degrees Celsius, and a strong smell of dead animals pollutes the fresh air in the Western Sierra Madre mountain range. Two dead cows lying next to a river have been decomposing for a few days and are bloated with flies.
The cattle ranch they came from is only a couple of kilometers away, in a small, remote area between the states of Sinaloa and Durango. This region, known as the Golden Triangle, was for years home to much of Mexico's illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, used to make marijuana and heroin. Today, it is the epicenter of synthetic drug production in Mexico, and suffers from the resulting environmental damage. (InsightCrime, USA, 03.11.2022)
https://insightcrime.org/news/methamphetamine-production-mexico-toxic-environment/