The United States is pushing ahead with a multipronged approach to fight the drug trade, including targeting y youth and preparing those in supply and transshipment countries such as Guyana to be gainfully employed, while it works on reducing demand in the United States.
“So, if you can’t find a job as a young Guyanese, what do you do? You either leave the country or you join a gang,” Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Juan Gonzalez said in an interview with Stabroek News on Thursday as he spoke of the US’ role in tackling the narco trade.
“We need to address those opportunities by engaging youth and ensuring you know when you actually get out of school, and you would have worked hard… you have the same opportunity as everybody else to make a future,” he added, pointing out that he was echoing his