As the United Nations general assembly convenes a special session on global drug policy Colombians from farmers to the president are calling for a rethinkUruguay to test world’s first state-commissioned recreational cannibisWilmer Ovalle’s life is a testomony to the failure of the war on drugs in Colombia.
Standing among knowing green bushes of coca on a steep hillside of this remote village in north-eastern Colombia,he sprays weedkiller around the base of each bush. In two weeks the leaves will be just the right size for picking and processing into coca paste, the first stage in the production of cocaine.
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Source: theguardian.com