Colombia: More Land in Colombia Used to Grow Coca, U.S. Says

May 6, 2015 | William Neuman, New York Times
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The amount of land in Colombia used to grow coca, the plant that drug traffickers use to make cocaine, increased significantly last year, according to an annual survey by the United States government. The data was posted on the website of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy this week, several days after the Colombian Health Ministry called for a ban on the use of a common herbicide that is the centerpiece of a controversial spraying program financed by the United States to eradicate the country’s coca crop.