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Gustavo Petro and Néstor Osuna at the launch of the National Drug Policy 2023-2033, in El Tambo (Cauca), on October 3.

Oxygen and asphyxiation: The keys to Gustavo Petro’s new drug policy for Colombia

Catalina Oquendo|El Tambo (Cauca)|Oct 04, 2023 - 12:57 CEST

The most recent figures show that the number of planted coca hectares increased from 204,000 to 230,000 in 2022 and the government is rolling out a ‘concerted effort to swap one economy with another’

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The coca business’s collapse has crushed rural Colombia

Camilo Sánchez|Bogotá|Jul 24, 2023 - 21:58 CEST

Falling prices and high inflation have resulted in forced displacement and food insecurity for thousands of peasants whose economic mainstay was growing the plant exclusively and selling coca paste

Soldiers rest after destroying a drug laboratory in the Colombian jungle.

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Colombia’s forests, silent victims of the war on drugs

Gena Steffens|San José del Guaviare|Jun 24, 2023 - 22:08 CEST

It’s not just cocaine production that is bad for the environment. The war on drugs has an even greater impact on Colombian ecosystems

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