Colombian Transculturation:

Paisas, being the most famous of narcotraficantes, feel especially guilty for the drug consumption in the United States. Medellín is home to the largest amount of narcotraficantes in the world. Names like Pablo Escobar have brought the world terror by the amount of drugs they exported from Medellín. Colombia is responsible for distributing 85% of the world's cocaine and 15% of its marijuana. Although the coca plant is grown mostly in Bolivia and Peru, Colombians, Paisas, have invented the routes to smuggle it. Colombia is presently the biggest cocaine dealer in the world!.
             Nevertheless, there's no supply without demand. Narcotraficantes would not be rich without the thousands of customers who buy cocaine. As Nancy Reagan has stated "the cocaine cartel does not begin in Medellín. It begins in the streets of New York, Miami, Los Angeles and every city where crack is bought and sold-' (Coerver & Hall 229). The United States is also the biggest cocaine consumer in the world. Thus, the drug traffic from Colombia to the United States is a result of a compromise between drug users and narcotraficantes. The responsibility for the damages bears on the shoulders of both countries. The bloodshed and violence in the streets of Medellín caused by the internal drug war is a result not only of violent smugglers, but also of thousands of addicts who keep them in business. .
             The transculturation process has more serious consequences than violence. Colombians are redefining their ethnicity to fit the standards of a hegemonic world. Outside forces reshape and redefine their culture. According to Joanne Nagel, "One's ethnic identity is a composite view of the one has of oneself as well as the views held by others about one's ethnic identity- (240). Paisas have readopted their culture to be more like North America. Some even have said Colombians are a more violent, more uncivilized culture. Criticism from the United States has fooled many Colombian citizens into believing that they are at fault, that they are a lower caste.