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Why cocaine has become a lifeline for Peru's coffee farmers


Why cocaine has become a lifeline for Peru’s coffee farmers
On one hand, planting coffee creates more work than profit. On the other, coca leaf offers unmatched security to debt-ridden cultivators.
A woman sells coca for traditional chewing in the VRAEM, Peru.
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Thomas Grisaffi, Author provided
A slump in world coffee prices has pushed farmers in Peru’s central jungle to rip up their plants and replace them with coca leaf – the raw material used in cocaine. This countrywide trend has driven coca leaf production close to 55,000 hectares or up to 500 tonnes of cocaine annually – enough to satisfy annual demand in the United States three times over. ....

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