Cocaine processing labs have been discovered in Senegal, Niger, Belgium, Spain and elsewhere. Traffickers have learned to smuggle coca base by chemically dissolving it in everyday items ...

Coca-Cola gets its iconic taste thanks in part to a factory in a sleepy NJ neighborhood that has the country’s only DEA-sanctioned license to import the plant used to make cocaine.

Traffickers in Colombia process "pink cocaine" in Medellin on April 2, 2022. Despite the nickname, most batches of the ketamine-based powder also known as "tusi" don't actually contain the high ...

Some cocaine production has shifted from Latin America to Europe, as criminal groups explore new trafficking methods and authorities boost transatlantic cooperation, according to the latest EU drug ...

Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose nation is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter.

Once this hole is filled with the cocaine-laced concrete, another one is waiting to repeat the process. There are currently no plans to use the encapsulated cocaine for other infrastructure projects.

After confirming that cocaine activates a fruit fly’s bitter-sensing taste receptors, Rothenfluh and Philyaw switched off those nerves. Once deactivated, there was little to stop the flies from ...

MICAY CANYON, Colombia—One potent tributary in the surging cocaine pipeline begins in the mountains of Cauca province, where nearly every plot of arable land sprouts coca leaves. On Cesar Rosero ...