(via GM marijuana problem growing in Colombia - Yahoo! News)
June 27, 2011, 8:18am
Are they sure…I demand a recount…
Colombia coca-growing ‘declines’
Colombian cultivation of the coca plant - used as the raw material in the production of cocaine - has fallen significantly, a UN report shows.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said cultivation dropped by 18% in 2008, following a 27% rise in 2007.
The agency said the value of the coca leaf had fallen, causing some farmers to stop growing the crop.
But there was a 4% increase in coca growing in Peru, the report said, and a 9% boost in Bolivia.
June 19, 2009, 3:56pm