Indigenous groups demand coca leaves be legalized. Will the world listen?
Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread ...
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Colombia calls for UN to pull cocaine's main ingredient from its 'harmful substances list' after president said the drug 'is no worse than whiskey'
Colombian Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia, in an address to the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, insisted Monday that the coca leaf, cocaine's main ingredient, 'is itself not harmful to ...
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Honduras Sees Record Number of Municipalities Growing Coca
Coca cultivation in Honduras spread to 16 municipalities in 2024 indicating that the crop has become an established criminal ...
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Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
Colombia is the world's main producer of cocaine -- much of its production in the hands of drug cartels and violent guerrilla ...
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Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
In 2023, the South American country set a new record last year for coca leaf cultivation and cocaine production, which rose 53 percent from 1,738 tonnes (1,915 US tons) to 2,600 tonnes ...