BIG FLATS -- The culture of violence, low coffee prices, the geography and the demand for drugs all over the world contribute to the drug problem in Colombia, retired Corning Community College professor Joe Vikin said Wednesday night during a Great Decisions lecture.

The eight-part series at CCC Airport Corporate Park continued with Vikin's speech, "Colombia and Drug Trafficking." Vikin is a native of Colombia who became a U.S. citizen 48 years ago. The Great Decisions program was begun by the Foreign Policy Association, based in New York City, in 1954.

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