On Colombia's eastern plains, theLlanosOrientes,campesinosare starting to abandon cultivation of coca leaf for cannabis, military commanders in the region say. Read article here: High Times
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US Troops in Peru’s Coca Zone
It has been making practically no headlines outside Peru, and hardly any within, but a force of US Marines has apparently been mobilized to the Andean country—specifically to the conflicted coca-growing jungle region known as theVRAE, or Valley of theApu… Read article here: High Times
Peru to Increase Coca Plant Eradication
Peru's anti-drug department plans to expand their coca eradication program in 2014, with a goal ofwiping out 30,000 hectares (74,132 acres) of cocaplants, which are used to produce cocaine. The National Commission for Development and Life without… High Times