Kate Moss hectored by Colombian VP for drug use

Nov 3, 2006, 12:00 GMT

Kate Moss has been attacked by the vice-president of Colombia for worsening the country's drug wars by glamorising cocaine use.

Francisco Santos is stunned that the supermodel's earnings and fame have increased since she was exposed as a former cocaine user.

The politician insists Moss - who is dating drug addled rocker Pete Doherty - should have at least apologised for her actions and the misery she, and other overseas users of the highly addictive Class A drug, cause in the South American country.

Speaking at the launch of the Cocaine Curse initiative in London yesterday (03.11.06), Santos said: "It's baffling that someone who helps cause so much pain in Colombia is doing better than ever, winning even more contracts. I never once heard her say, 'I'm sorry', when in our country people die every day because of cocaine consumption - that hurts."

It is estimated that around 3,000 people in Colombia are killed each year during fighting between rival drug gangs.

Santos insists every person who takes cocaine in the US and Europe further worsens the drug trafficking problems in Colombia.

He added: "We need to tell Europeans that the line of coke they snort is tainted in blood."

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