Cocaine production hit unprecedented levels in 2023. Find out why this surge is happening and what it means for the future.

New report reveals unprecedented production, seizures and consumption in 2023, with Colombia accounting for over two-thirds ...

The mayhem has been stirred up by the relentless rise in the price of gold and by a glut in the production of coca, cocaine’s ...

Cartels are offshoring more cocaine production outside of Colombia and exporting lower-grade drugs that are easier to conceal in products such as paints and plastics.

Cocaine production is moving from Colombia to Europe, with cartels exporting cheaper coca paste. This strategy minimizes ...

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Bolivia is the largest landlocked country in the southern hemisphere. At 425,000 square miles, it is larger than Texas and ...

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Bolivia is one of very few countries with a legal market for coca. In the rest of the world it is controlled with the same stringency as cocaine and heroin. The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, an ...

Besides Bolivia, coca-chewing is also practiced to a lesser extent by the native populations of Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and the Brazilian Amazon, where it’s known as ipadu.