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Colombia, the world’s largest cocaine producer, faces a change in drug policy

Por: Los Angeles Times World October 23, 2022

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The grizzled farmers had come on motorcycles and in pickups from jungle homesteads to a soccer field hours from the nearest town of any consequence. They sat patiently in white plastic chairs in the sweltering heat as government representatives gave their pitch: Plant legal crops like sugar cane and pineapple — or turn to livestock — and abandon coca leaf, the raw ingredient in cocaine. Cash subsidies await those who sign up, the speakers... + full article



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