As America grapples with the crisis created by a heroin-addiction epidemic, another street drug — cocaine — could be poised for a resurgence.
The United Nations reports that the amount of acreage in Colombia used to grow coca expanded to a record amount last year.
The 171,000 hectares being used to cultivate the plant used to produce cocaine in 2017 represents a 17 percent increase over 2016, according to the U.N.’s Office on Drugs and Crime. Leer más...