MetaFilter posts tagged with colombia and cocaine

A long, long way from a cheeky line at a dinner party in Notting Hill

jontyjago — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:45:34 -0800

In his autobiography, published in 2007, Blur bassist Alex James admitted to blowing a million pounds on champagne and cocaine. This confession led to an invitation from Colombia's President Uribe to visit the country and see the damage being caused by the drug trade. He went, and the BBC filmed it (one, two, three).

Commerce of Cocaine

daksya — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:29:56 -0800

Drug policy reform in Colombia [via]

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1002462004

Postroad — Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:59:36 -0800

New super strain of coca plant stuns anti-drug officials DRUG traffickers have created a new strain of coca plant that yields up to four times more cocaine than existing plants and promises to revolutionise Colombia’s drugs industry.

Cocaine Country

homunculus — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:54:38 -0800

Cocaine Country, Sights & Sounds. An 8 minute Flash movie from National Geographic's story, Cocaine Country, by Carlos Villalón, about cocaine in Colombia and what the crop means to the people. [Via TalkLeft.]

edlundart — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:54:25 -0800

Tech secrets of Cocaine, Inc. - a look at the IT infrastructures of Colombian drug cartels. "I spent this morning working on the budget," the head of DEA intelligence, Steve Casteel, said recently. "Do you think they have to worry about that? If they want it, they buy it."