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The flowers you buy your mom for Mother's Day may be tied to the US war on drugs

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
The flowers you buy your mom for Mother's Day may be tied to the US war on drugsColombia is the world's second-biggest cut flower exporter. AP Photo/Fernando Vergara

What does Mother’s Day flowers have to do with cocaine?

Very little, most people would think. But as an economist, I often explain to my students that the world is economically connected, often in strange ways. The flower business is one of those strange...

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