Cocaine production is at record levels, with demand for the drug rebounding after temporarily slumping amid the pandemic, according to the UN.

Cocaine growth has continued to decline in Colombia and Bolivia. Colombian police personnel from an anti-narcotics unit custody an illegal laboratory producing cocaine hydrochloride. AFP/Getty Images ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Rising use, low production costs and logistical advantages could eventually lead drug producers to focus on fentanyl instead of cocaine, a high-ranking Colombian police official ...

What is believed to be the largest cocaine production laboratory ever found in Portugal was recently dismantled, highlighting how the drug is being produced more widely and in greater quantities in ...

Cocaine has become the fastest-growing illegal drug market on the globe. Drug production, use and seizures have surged worldwide, according to a new United Nations report. According to the United ...

A United Nations report found a rise in users, confiscation and deaths as cocaine trafficking expands into Africa and Asia, and violence spreads into Europe. By Genevieve Glatsky Genevieve Glatsky ...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Cocaine again is making headlines 40 years after Pablo Escobar and his Medellin cartel flooded America with “blow.” Coca-plant cultivation has shot up in South America ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey” as he suggested the global cocaine industry could be “easily dismantled” if the drug was legalized worldwide.

Colombia's cocaine production reached a record high in 2023, despite government efforts to combat the illicit industry. The booming cocaine trade is driving insecurity, corruption, and violence, ...

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The amount of cocaine coming into Russia has surged dramatically since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to a Monday report by a ...