Is it ever ok to write about illegal stuff?

From cocaine bars to psychedelic brews, Steph muses on what our role is as writers

In 2015, at the very early stages of my career, I spent a couple of months living in La Paz, the de facto capital of Bolivia. For the South America initiated, Bolivia is a country best known for the Salar de Uyuni, a dazzling expanse of powdery white salt that extends across the altiplano over an area about half the size of Wales. But for a certain subs…