Columbia is a major grower of opium and marijuana, and a major supplier of marijuana to the United States. The American government is investing a large sum of money in the country in the hopes that the farmers there will give up these cash crops in favor of others.
它是美國大麻的主要供應國，美國對它很頭痛，為了把這個供應的源頭去掉，美國便在哥國投資，培養國民種些經濟作物，希望他們由此得到較多收益，放棄種鴉片。