Colombia Sent a Technical Document the U.S. Congress: Glyphosate Spraying has been Ineffective in Combating Illicit Crops and Drug Trafficking (Image by Stock File)
The Interim Commission on Drug Policy of the Senate of the Republic of Colombia sent a technical document to both houses of the U.S. Congress, reiterating the evidence that glyphosate spraying has been ineffective in combating illicit crops and drug trafficking.
The use of glyphosate only succeeded in reducing illicit crops for two years.
From 2004 onward, illicit crops increased again.
Between 1999 and 2006, the number of Colombian departments with coca increased from 12 to 23.
At a time when the recovery from the COVID crisis is pushing budgets to the limit, forcing Colombia to resume spraying coca crops is a multi-billion-dollar waste of resources, dedicated to a measure that has proved inefficient in the face of the great economic muscle that this illegal market has in