Article: Why Colombia’s First Legal Coca Lab Failed – Also listen to our podcasts with the Canadian Start-Up Power Leaves Corp

An Indigenous Nasa community set out to offer farmers an alternative to the drug trade, but the project collapsed under the weight of U.S. pressure and international prohibitions. Nasa leader Victoriano Piñacué holds coca leaves outside the Nasa Wala laboratory in Cohetando, Cauca. (Eduardo Echeverrí López) In April, Colombia’s first legal coca-processing laboratory shut its […]