Colombia’s Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia asked the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs to remove coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, from its list of harmful substances. At a commission ...

Coca in Colombia has historically been more heavily criminalized than either Peru or Bolivia given how there’s less cultural tradition and the plant is almost exclusively grown for the narco ...

Cocaine again is making headlines 40 years after Pablo Escobar and his Medellin cartel flooded America with “blow.” ...

Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca - ...

Vienna (AFP) – Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca -- the main ingredient in cocaine -- from a list of ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro unveiled a plan on Monday to cut down on coca cultivation in a northeastern region destabilised by rebel attacks, by compensating farmers as they transition to ...