Title: Illegal drug trade in Colombia - Wikipedia
Headings: Illegal drug trade in Colombia
Illegal drug trade in Colombia
Contents
Overview
Drug production
Cocaine production
Effects
Mitigation
History
Marijuana (1970s)
Cocaine & heroin cartels (late 1970s-Present)
Medellín Cartel (1976–1993)
Cali Cartel (1977−1998)
Norte del Valle Cartel (1990−2012)
North Coast Cartel (1999−2004)
Successor criminal organizations (2006–present)
Extradition treaty with the US
Influence in government and politics
Influence of the Medellín Cartel
Influence of the Cali Cartel
Influence upon the armed conflict
Guerrillas
Paramilitaries
Drug gangs
See also
References
External links

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Illegal drug trade in Colombia
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Stacks of cocaine seized by the Colombian police. Illegal drug trade in Colombia refers to a practice of Colombian criminal groups producing and distributing illegal drugs. Colombia has had four major drug trafficking cartels and several bandas criminales, or BACRIMs which eventually created a new social class and influenced several aspects of Colombian culture and politics. The Colombian government efforts to reduce the influence of drug-related criminal organizations is one of the origins of the Colombian conflict, an ongoing low-intensity war among rival narcoparamilitary groups, guerrillas and drug cartels fighting each other to increase their influence and against the Colombian government that struggles to stop them. Contents
1 Overview
2 Drug production
3 Cocaine production
3.1 Effects
3.2 Mitigation
4 History
4.1 Marijuana (1970s)
4.2 Cocaine & heroin cartels (late 1970s-Present)
4.2.1 Medellín Cartel (1976–1993)
4.2.2 Cali Cartel (1977−1998)
4.2.3 Norte del Valle Cartel (1990−2012)
4.2.4 North Coast Cartel (1999−2004)
4.3 Successor criminal organizations (2006–present)
5 Extradition treaty with the US
6 Influence in government and politics
6.1 Influence of the Medellín Cartel
6.2 Influence of the Cali Cartel
7 Influence upon the armed conflict
7.1 Guerrillas
7.2 Paramilitaries
7.3 Drug gangs
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Overview
Worldwide demand of psychoactive drugs during the 1960 and 1970s eventually increased the production and processing of these in Colombia. Cocaine is produced at $1500/kilo in jungle labs and could be sold on the streets of the US for as much as $50,000/kilo. The USA intervened in Colombia throughout this period in an attempt to cut off the supply of these drugs to the US. The drug barons of Colombia, such as Pablo Escobar and José Rodríguez Gacha, were long considered by authorities to be among the most dangerous, wealthy, and powerful men in the world. According to Bloomberg News, as of 2011, studies show that Colombia is the world's largest cocaine producer. The United States of America is the world's largest consumer of cocaine and other illegal drugs.