Plucky Bolivia has own government, laws

Good for them. Can I just reiterate how completely insane it is that an attempt to prevent Americans from consuming Bolivian Marching Powder has now become the single largest determinant of our foreign policy in Latin America and much of the Caribbean? It's as if we were boycotting Cuba in an effort to crack down on diabetes.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/03/plucky-bolivia-has-own-government-laws/3115/