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The environmental impacts caused by the production of illicit drugs is an often neglected topic when analysing the effects of such substances. However, due to the clandestine nature of illicit drug production, its effects can be highly destructive yet difficult to detect and measure. The consequences differ depending upon the drug being ...
Colombia is the world’s top producer and exporter of cocaine, mainly to the United States and ... while potential cocaine production reached a record of more than 2,600 metric tons, a 53% ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over two decades, a report by the ...
Coca eradication in Colombia. Coca eradication is a strategy promoted by the United States government starting in 1961 as part of its "war on drugs" to eliminate the cultivation of coca, a plant whose leaves are not only traditionally used by indigenous cultures but also, in modern society, in the manufacture of cocaine.
The effects of cocaine production range from environmental damage to effects on education, health and the country's economy. The environment is damaged through deforestation caused by clearing fields for plant cultivation. [22] Soil erosion and chemical pollution also have effects on Colombia.
The Petro government says in its defense that the rise in coca plantations and cocaine production in Colombia is limited to a small and remote area of the country.
At least that seems to be the hard lesson that Colombia is learning as deforestation and cocaine production skyrocket following an end to its 52-year internal conflict.
Fighting the cocaine trade remains a priority for the United States even as it works to tackle more lethal, synthetic drugs like fentanyl, the director of the U.S. narcotics control agency said.