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Colombia's Cocaine Paradox: Coca Crops vs. Cancer Risks

Colombia’s new peace deal with the country’s largest rebel group allows the government to resume aerial eradication of coca plants if farmers in guerrilla-held areas continue to grow the illicit crop, which is used to manufacture cocaine. Coca production has been booming in Colombia since 2014, when the U.S.-backed spraying...

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