Police drug enforcement strategies in Colombia that encourage a focus on arrest numbers are part of the continuing problems the country has in reducing the prevalence of drug addiction and…
It is Saturday night in one of Medellin’s more affluent districts. At a local hostel popular with the international back-packing crowd, a group of young middle class foreigners take seat…
A 19-year-old British tourist has died in southwestern Colombia after drinking yage, a psychoactive drug used by local indigenous tribes, authorities said Saturday.
Colombia rebel group FARC said on Wednesday that it wants the government — as part of an eventual peace deal — to recognize drug use as a public health issue…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday called on world leaders to heighten international cooperation on drug use and trafficking.
The Colombia branch of the Red Cross on Tuesday denied local government claims that more than a 100 people had fallen ill after taking LSD at a festival in Cartagena…
Narco and drug tourism in Colombia has maintained a presence, but according to backpackers is no worse than in neighboring countries.
Colombia’s ex-president Cesar Gaviria on Tuesday said drug abuse should be considered a health issue rather than a criminal matter.
Twenty percent of cocaine produced in Colombia is not send abroad, but sold domestically, according to Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.