Cocaine "no worse than whiskey," would be "sold like wine
19 hours ago · Cocaine production in Colombia reached a record-high in 2023, jumping 53 percent to 2,600 tons, according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. More from CBS News Mexico calls U.S. cartel ...
Cocaine is 'no worse than whiskey', says Colombia's president
17 hours ago · Colombia is by far the world's biggest cocaine producer, and cultivation of coca leaves — the drug's base ingredient — reached a record high in the country in 2023, the UN Office on Drugs and ...
Colombia’s president: Legalize cocaine, it’s no worse than whiskey
22 hours ago · Colombia, the world's largest producer and exporter of cocaine, has spent decades fighting drug trafficking, but the country's left-wing president claimed the drug was being scapegoated by American politicians, who have waged the war on drugs for decades.
Colombian president says cocaine ‘no worse than whiskey’
1 day ago · Cocaine production in Colombia reached a record-high in 2023, jumping 53 per cent to 2,600 tons, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Join the conversation.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro claims cocaine is no worse …
1 day ago · In Colombia, the area used for coca cultivation grew by 10 per cent to 253,000 hectares in 2023, the first full calendar year of Petro’s presidency and the most recent year for which data is ...
Illegal drug trade in Colombia - Wikipedia
Stacks of cocaine seized by the Colombian police. The illegal drug trade in Colombia has, since the 1970s, centered successively on four major drug trafficking cartels: Medellín, Cali, Norte del Valle, and North Coast, as well as several bandas criminales, or BACRIMs. [1]
Colombia Faces a New Problem: Too Much Cocaine
Jul 13, 2024 · Colombia, the global nexus of the cocaine industry, where Pablo Escobar became the world’s best-known criminal, and which still produces more of the drug than any other nation, is facing...
Colombia cocaine: Coca cultivation reaches record high - BBC
Sep 12, 2023 · Colombia is the top coca cultivator in the world, producing 60% of the world's cocaine, followed by Peru and Bolivia. President Gustavo Petro on Saturday appealed to his regional counterparts...
Colombia’s radical plan to conquer cocaine | CNN
Nov 22, 2022 · Drug production boomed in Colombia during the pandemic. The total area harvested for coca leaves – the main ingredient for cocaine – grew 43% in 2021 according to a new annual survey by the...
Parts of Colombia are now awash with cocaine - The Economist
Aug 4, 2023 · The UNODC data suggest that in the past few years cocaine production has accelerated more than demand: a whopping 204,000 hectares were covered by coca crops in Colombia in 2021, an increase...