United Nations report says global cocaine trade thriving, with 25 million users around the world in 2023.
Border authorities in the UK seized 2.4 tonnes of cocaine worth $132 million from a ship arriving from Panama, marking one of the largest hauls on record as cocaine-related deaths in England and Wales rose by 31% from 2022 to 2023; the UNODC reported that global cocaine users reached 25 million in 2023, driven by increasing production in Colombia and rising demand in Europe and the Americas.
Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: A big report says that more and more people are using cocaine around the world, and in the UK, police found a huge amount of it hidden on a ship, showing that the drug is very popular and dangerous.
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