Coca Cultivation in Peru Down by 3.4%

Published September 24, 2013

Coca Cultivation in Peru Down by 3.4%
Filed under: cocaine abuse sign and symptoms
The Upper Huallaga and the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers are considered to be the most “emblematic” for the production of coca from which cocaine is refined. UNODC experts found that Peru's production of dry coca … drug and 9,000 … Read more on Latin American Herald Tribune

Crime makes Marseille springboard for French far-right's ambitions
Filed under: cocaine abuse sign and symptoms
France's second largest city, notorious in the 1960s as a link in the "French Connection" which funneled heroin from Turkey to Europe and the United States, has been hit this year by a spate of drug-related murders. "The gangrene of crime is spreading … Read more on Reuters

Brazil: Sewage provides a map of drug use
Filed under: cocaine abuse sign and symptoms
In the August samples, analysts identified traces of benzoylecgonine, a compound that's formed when the body metabolizes cocaine before it's excreted through drug users' urine. Quantox also located areas where the drug is being refined, as the washing … Read more on Infosurhoy