Colombia's national potential cocaine output and the amount of cocaine produced per hectare are growing, thanks to highly-productive coca strains, even as crop area shrinks. (% change) Net coca ...

In requesting the study of the coca plant at the U.N., President Luis Arce ... in Bolivia doubled from 2006 to 2021, illicit cocaine production also surged by 175%. As of 2022, the U.N. said ...

Swiss police say they have seized 500kg of cocaine from a shipment of coffee that was sent to a Nespresso factory. Workers at the plant in Romont alerted the authorities after finding white powder ...

Today coca leaves are harvested as an essential ingredient of the illegal, but highly lucrative, production of cocaine. Despite the plant’s role in so much violence and political instability ...

"Cocaine, cement, sand and water are mixed in a special ratio and used, for example, to build concrete platforms for storage facilities at a waste disposal plant," the UNODC said. "During setting ...

But the CDC also found overdose deaths from cocaine – an addictive stimulant drug made from coca plant leaves – increased, with an estimated 29,918 fatalities last year.