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https://www.wsj.com/articles/colombias-acreage-of-coca-used-to-make-cocaine-surges-to-record-11666306614
U.N. says amount of land dedicated to growing the plant rises with cocaine production also expanding
BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Colombia has posted a sharp rise in coca cultivation, the United Nations said on Thursday, raising concerns among U.S. antinarcotics officials about how the country’s new government will bring drug trafficking under control.
The U.N.’s Office on Drugs and Crime said the amount of land used to grow coca—the main ingredient in cocaine—had expanded 43% from 2020 to 2021 to 504,000 acres spread out across several rural states.
