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Opinion
Coca plants in the Guaviare department, Colombia. The leaves are the raw ingredient used to make cocaine.

Opinion: To End The Drug War, Help Coca Farmers Find A Way Out

Mar 05, 2021
U.S. policy has focused on eradicating the crop used for making cocaine in Colombia. Here's why farmers keep replanting it.
NPR
World
A farmer picks coca leaves in a field in Colombia's Antioquia department last November.

Colombia Is Growing Record Amounts Of Coca, The Key Ingredient In Cocaine

Oct 22, 2018
The country's rising cocaine production has alarmed Washington, which has spent more than $10 billion over nearly two decades to attack the illegal drug trade in Colombia.
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