its leaves are softened in kerosene than filtered resulting in coca paste from as many as 40 different chemicals are used to refine the substance into pure cocaine. cocaine the estimated value in the producer countries is $2500.00 euros a kilo that's 2 year olds 50 grams. the finished product is transferred via brazil or mexico as well as southern and western africa and then smuggled primarily to north america and europe. it's carried in vehicles as varied as many subs aircraft containers on cargo ships. and couriers who smuggle smaller amounts across borders. logistical effort and the high risk factor drive the price up on top of that the price also has to cover losses for confiscations bribes for politicians and authorities as well as outlay for hit

men. by the time it's reached its destination market the cocaine now cost up to $60000.00 euros per kilo. but it still has some way to go until it reaches the end consumer. in europe a network of wholesaler sells it to some contractors who then sell it on to small time dealers. to boost profit margins the cocaine is stretched or cut at every stage of the supply chain using baking powder pain medication even warming counter for animals. depending on the level of purity a kilo can now cost as much as 150000 euros the war against the illegal cocaine trade is a losing battle it's merely a question of supply and demand. the failed war against drugs is one of the arguments for decriminalization the idea is that the regulated sale of drugs but that's a. made that legal trade and bring in revenue how big

a market would that be well look at one drug that's perfectly legal in many places alcohol sales are expected to reach $1.00 trillion dollars by 2024 but the social costs of alcoholism have many wondering if there should be more rules governing alcohol like with regard to advertising i mean old men some stuff some 3000000 people a year die as a result of their alcohol consumption and for. are you able to create advertising for an alcoholic beverages with a clear conscience i am. this is a it's obviously tragic it's terrible ah but this is the fault of advertising if someone uses alcohol as a form of escape a way to escape reality or for entirely personal reasons reasons of fate is advertising responsible for that is the difference with this. time has

been helping clients promote alcohol as an advertising executive for 30 years maybe meant the more advertising people see for alcoholic beverages the more they consume there are indications that people do drink more that there is a connection does that ever trouble you. i'd love to see that study as far as i'm aware it's not the case that people drink more if they've seen more advertising. you know many are going to be let's compare it to smoking guns and. there are plenty of studies that show that neither the number of smokers or the amount they smoke dropped went to back all advertising was banned for public. the fact is the greater the restrictions on tobacco advertising in a country the lower the number of smokers. there's some criticism that advertising tends to target younger people because they'll continue to consume alcoholic beverages for the rest of their lives but. never will it depends to

a certain extent on which brand we're working for. some products are designed to appeal to a younger clientele in india festivals and the like those who go to festivals and carnivals people who go out together for the evening once. regulations prohibit the advertising industry from encouraging excessive alcohol consumption. we would never do that anyway and every responsible producer of alcoholic beverages sticks to that rule there are exceptions no doubt about it but the advertising industry is regulatory council reacts quickly and it goes away very very quickly but there are indeed some black sheep just the drinks industry often sponsors music festival another contentious issue. as. can you be sure you are also attracting the

attention of minors is going to heal fleeting and often it no of course we can't be sure of that and something on the 1st of it's name done so when i handle the sponsoring at a festival my message is reach every one of the festival in festivals and movie theaters that could be 16 to 30 year olds or 45 year olds depending on whoever chooses to attend the economy also i can't rule it out but i can ensure our message is not specifically aimed at them by making the appropriate choice of models. that means not hiring models younger than 18 or any who look younger than that but there's still some gray area this woman could be under age but she still appears on an instagram account generated by logan stein's agency. that shouldn't happen if you found an example of someone who looks under-age on a post for any of our agencies clients i'd be extremely surprised to meet those extremes. he spends once

a. she's $22.00 so she meets all the legal requirements for hiring influencers influence on. as i can see no moral reason for refusing to produce advertising for the alcohol industry. and we've saved one drug for last it's so common it's so easy to forget how dangerous it actually is the cigarette tobacco smoke contains more than $7000.00 chemicals including 70 known to cause cancer in the last decade or so is cigarettes had been talented as a less damaging way to smoke but doubts are growing. that was my 1st a cigarette and as a nonsmoker i have to say it didn't taste bad atoll mango flavor but isa carets any

healthier than the conventional options. and how big is the industry. if you believe the commercials you could have all the fun of smoking without any of the risks. the marketing strategy initially paid off the demand. grew rapidly in germany and sales increased 5 fold from 80000000 euros in 2012 to 550000000 just 6 years later but since last year sales have dropped off significantly that's when it emerged that dozens of people have died in the u.s. and canada after using a cigarette for the industry the deaths posed a major challenge. to drop in sales of 5060 or 70 percent among some retailers because of the concern among customers. studies by u.s.

health jested many of the deaths were linked to vaporing oils containing t.h.c. the psycho active ingredient in cannabis so called the joint questions remain but it's still a lucrative industry the united states is the biggest market with sales set to reach 5 and a half 1000000000 euros this year the u.k. is in 2nd place and germany is set to reach 876000000 but not everywhere is open for business the cigarettes abandoned in $41.00 countries including brazil turkey and india here the lure is particularly strict those caught selling vaporing devices can face up to one year in prison the government says it's just trying to protect young people from getting hooked on a new form of smoking but say the decision makes no sense. and then says. started

grooving what. doctors warn against downplaying the health risks linked to cigarettes. information. that the oncologist has criticised for years. that lonnie cigarettes so dangerous they need to be banned i asked catherine shiner of the german cancer research center. there are definitely fewer harmful substances in the paper these cigarettes than into bacco smoke that's not difficult to bacco smoke is a cocktail of thousands of substances. her biggest concern is that the long term health effects have yet to be studied. is what happens if you use these products several times

a day over the course of months and years and we just don't know that yet. but one thing's clear if the choice of sweet tasty flavors could encourage young people in particular to take up the habit and so germany is among those toughening up it's. the government here has opted to ban online advertising for cigarettes starting next year. retailers fear that could hit the industry hard. from 2024 billboard advertising will be banned too so you won't see posters or anything anywhere and we think that's a big mistake. marketing the cigarettes is becoming more difficult worldwide and us to my question of whether there are any healthier than conventional smoking methods real clarity. especially since i still don't know the long term health effects one thing at least there aren't any cigarette butts but there's still not for me i'd

rather remain a nonsmoker. but sometimes making healthier choices doesn't come easy the struggle against. addiction is real reach out and talk to someone there's help to be found and that's it for may this week thanks for watching and stay safe.

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earth. northern lights life the arctic circle starts december 21st g.w. . this is the w. news live from berlin britain and the european union struggle to put together a post break sit trying to green to a meeting in brussels between british prime minister boris johnson and european commission president jose love underly and ends without a 3rd deal with the talks to continue until the weekend but now being god the barriers to a breakthrough also coming up in

a passionate pandemic paly until now go along but germany is losing its fight against the coronavirus she says the public has a choice except tougher is restrictions all more lives will be lost. and defying the rules even as germany's covert 19 caseload soules a vocal minority is still resisting restrictions will take you inside the country needs a so-called fair dinkum movement. i'm jarid raid welcome to the shop british prime minister boris johnson has left a critical breaks at meeting in brussels with european commission president jose live on the line both sides have agreed to decide by sunday if the talks on a post breaks a trade agreement worth continuing johnson travel to brussels after an earlier fine

call between him and vaughan to lyon failed to break the deadlock disagreements over fishing rights business competition rules and policing ah keeping the parties from hashing out a trade deal with the brics it to. expiring on december 31st c. is of a chaotic splits growing. earlier on wednesday boris johnson told the british parliament he thinks there is quite a good deal still there to be done however he went on to say that he would not accept an agreement at any cost let's listen to what he had to say i must tell the house that our friends are currently operate in the e.u. are currently insisting that if they process a new rule in the future. with which we in this country do or compile don't follow suit then they will be automatic right mr speaker to punish us and to retaliate and secondly they're saying that the u.k.

should be the only country in the world not to have control over its fishing waters and i don't believe it's because those are terms that any prime minister of this country should. let's go now to our correspondent in brussels she's been following these talks between us in the on the line and boris johnson good to see you there barbara so the 2 met for dinner it was a building billed as a chance for them to try and reach a breakthrough how did it all girth. badly because the british side afterwards said it was a frank discussion now we know that in diplomat speak that means there was a dust up and the european side talked about open and interesting discussions interesting is just another word for terrible circumstances so obviously in more than 3 hours the 2 could not somehow bring together those enormous gaps they're still talking about between the positions of the 2 sides and it is of course

mostly about competition it's fair competition the you insists on britain following certain rules it is the governance off the deal because there is not much trust between the 2 sides that is still a really hot topic and then once that is solved a deal could be made on fisheries but all these things hang together and this seems to be absolutely 0 movement now talks will go on until sunday evening and then the formula says we will take a decision what that would look like we don't know yet but no deal might be looming indeed none of these super promising but they have given themselves until sunday do you think they just delaying the inevitable here. it seems like it because if there is. no app no positive energy what so ever no political

will that was discernable after this meeting would be brought up. this sort of like mini summit i mean the 2 sides and then where is this going to come from there is nobody else but the 2 top politicians on each side who could give the decisive push and say ok let's do it we'll would sort of wiggle a bit here and move a bit there and then we can sort of push this fall but absolutely no sign of that and so if all we hear is that there are huge differences then that means that those differences haven't been sort of brought together it seems that we are in fact sort of going towards no deal the point you know is in the difficult question is will the e.u. get up from the table 1st or will britain do it this is important for the history books maybe barbara stay with us because the between the leaders of the u.k. and the e.u. wasn't the only top story in brussels the 27 e.u.

states also discuss the standoff over the 1.8 trillion euro e.u. budget poland and hungary had vowed to veto the entire budget let's take a look it was them against the rest of the. polish prime minister. and his home garion counterpart viktor orbán. both opposed to clause linking the release of u. funds to the rule of law and we moved washington yeah we see a resounding no to all the mechanisms that punishes you like your 2 children which agree to hold another member states of european union as an equally in the carriage one goes through when you're a very. a power move that put a lot at stake. specifically the carefully crafted 1.8 trillion europe package on the blocks future fine insists that includes a trillion euro e.u. budget for the next 70 years and they 750000000000 euro rescue fund to boost ailing

european economies something vital for member states hit hardest by the pandemic like italy. hungary and poland have repeatedly been called out for rolling back democratic freedoms that had vowed to veto the entire budget a crucial test for the e.u. can do for it we must be determined very vigilant very committed but now it looks like a last ditch attempt by the german chancellor to resolve the issue has succeeded just in time for the new budget to kick in for next year with the current of our spending make far from over. let's go back to bob bob are a compromise looking hopeful laiva to standoff over the e.u. budget and this coronavirus recovery package what exactly happens now. tomorrow when the summit is underway that is on thursday the e.u. leaders will have to make up their minds they will have to figure out whether they like this deal because this is not for angela merkel alone to decide and if poland

and hungary are jubilant about it now that's a bad sign for everyone else because there's quite a number of european countries the netherlands in particular who really wanted to toughen up the rule of law mechanisms against those 2 countries that have been called up. again and again time again and again because they were sort of not democratic rules anymore that sort of are the foundation of the european union and it seems as i'm going to america from what we have seen here has largely given in and has sort of fulfilled a lot of the demands and absolutely defend this new rule of law mechanism and given them lots of time to play was and it would be years till you could ever sort of bring this to fruition a difficult thing a difficult decision for the of the e.u. member states then not particularly going to like it many of them and so there

might be rather point discussions during the summit on this particular topic sounds like they'll be busy days in brussels ahead thank you very much. ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today u.s. president elect joe biden has nominated retired general lloyd austin to be his defense secretary if confirmed he would be the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon but he were faces resistance from some democrats who have a preference for civilian control of the military. don is electoral commission says president nonna fuko audio has won a 2nd term in office officials say he won over 51 percent of the vote putting him ahead of his predecessor and old rival john muhammad the results follow a contentious poll which led to widespread protests and violence and despite a 6 test launch in texas has ended with a crash landing after

a successful ascent the rocket returned to the landing pad at excessive speed causing it to explode it was the highest flight get for the rocket ship that space 6 found in moscow says could carry to people could carry people to mas in as little as 6 years. will german chancellor angela merkel is known for being calm under pressure a true crisis manager on wednesday we saw another rare side of her the chancellor delivered an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions to bring down germany's high coronavirus numbers the 19 death toll here hit a daily record high on tuesday of 590 with more than 20000 new infections take a look at a very warm and moved speaking to parliament on wednesday. americal has spoken in parliament on countless occasions but this time was different she framed

the decisions now facing germany as a matter of life and death in one of the most impassioned speeches of her life there are exactly 14 days to go until christmas we have to ensure that we don't end up back in exponential growth if we have too much contact with others before christmas and then it turns out to be the last christmas with our grandparents we will regard this as a terrible failure and that we must avoid miracles message it's time to act shops are still open and even some traditional christmas stands are serving mulled wine out on the streets merkel says this has to change. so how does because as tough as this is i know how much love gets poured into those christmas stands and i'm sorry from the bottom of my heart but if the price we pay are 590 people dying every day that's just not acceptable in my eyes and we must take action by those

who decide to listen to the. american also condemned the protest movements casting doubt on the science behind the so-called lockdown light currently in place she made an unusually personal reference to her background as a scientist and her earlier years living under a regime with no respect for the truth that you heard today at university in east germany i decided to study physics i probably wouldn't have done that if i had lived in the west i did it because i saw that many things could be undermined but not gravity or the speed of light or other scientific facts and that remains true for medical the facts are clear a tight a lockdown is needed right now her next challenge is to persuade not only parliament but also the german people and the only important leaders every german state without their consent tougher actions won't be possible but if today's speech

is anything to go by merkel is ready to put political power on the line. or here in germany the coronavirus crisis has given fresh impetus to many groups who are already skeptical of the stars and the role that it plays in their lives many of them have been turning out to protests like the one you see here without masks and with no social distancing the umbrella movement called clear denko or lateral thinkers attracts many from the far right so much so that it's now being observed by germany's domestic security agency. freedom instead of corona virus that's a wish that millions of people would probably sign up to in this pandemic but most don't share the rejection of politicians and firearm legis that germany's founding mcdyess the word means to someone who thinks outside of the box in this case the box they're protesting is germany's state ordered coronavirus restrictions. than

dacres are a minority here but a very loud one a swiss study found that they were mostly supporters of the greens or the post communist left party or the far right alternative for germany. coronavirus deniers concerned middle class families followers of conspiracy theories anti vacs or occultists peace activists they all demonstrate alongside the far right neo nazis and so-called citizens of the right to reject the modern germany and its constitution and it is from this corner analysts fear that the entire clown danka movement is being radicalized more and more from the right. it began under the name fat dank and 711 in stuttgart in april founder michelle ball that never tires of distancing the movement from the far right saying this is all about defending important aspects of democracy like the right to demonstrate yet recently he met a leading light of the citizens of the movement paid to fit sank

a man who has declared himself the king of germany the office for the protection of the constitution and the region where cadigan $711.00 began thinks the degree of radicalization is enough to put the group under observation so soon there may be some moles from the local secret service alongside the rest of the fandango. you're watching news from berlin with me up next is our coronavirus special statements about. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19 special next on t w. n

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