Will Colombia restart aerial coca spraying? | Drugreporter Café

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Will Colombia restart aerial coca spraying? | Drugreporter Café

19 April 2021

By István Gábor Takács / Drugreporter

The Colombian government announced that it will restart is controversial aerial fumigation program to eradicate coca fields. But does it provide any alternative livelihood to coca farmers? Did it fulfil its promises to support poor rural communities? And what do we know about the risks of forced eradication on public health and the environment? Watch this next episode of Drugreporter Café learn the answers to these questions from our two guests, Isabel Pereira (Dejusticia) and Elizabeth Dickinson (International Crisis Group).