Do six people die for every kilo of cocaine? - BBC News
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The Netflix drama, Narcos, about the infamous Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, cites a shocking statistic on the human cost of the drugs trade. But is it true?
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Cocoa, Coffee, and Cocaine: A Bitter-Sweet Future for Farmers in Colombia
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Six men jailed after running one of UK's largest ever drug operations - BBC News
Cocaine seizure at sea the result of global intelligence networks, AFP says - ABC News
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Griselda Blanco and the female drug barons of Latin America
Former drug detectives explain the likely reason cocaine worth tens of millions of dollars is washing onto NSW beaches - ABC News
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Los Angeles crime lab finds 4% of seized fentanyl samples contain flesh-eating sedative - Los Angeles Times
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50 kilos of 'Ronaldo' branded cocaine seized in Queens bust
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Do six people die for every kilo of cocaine? - BBC News
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People will keep dying': Fentanyl crisis grips Mexico's border cities
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Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels - From the Jungles to the Streets by Toby Muse
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Benzos: Our Looming National Crisis - Drugs + Hip-Hop
Cargo ship captain charged after 320 kilograms of cocaine seized in drug bust off WA coast - ABC News
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BBC reveals how Latin American cocaine enters ports in the Netherlands - DatamarNews