BOGOTA, Colombia - A key component of the U.S.-backed war on drugs appears to be fail

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Pubdate: Thu, 22 Jun 2006
Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY)
Copyright: 2006 Johnson Newspaper Corp.
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Author: Associated Press
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COCAINE PLANTS

BOGOTA, Colombia - A key component of the U.S.-backed war on drugs appears to be failing.

Despite record drug seizures and spraying of herbicides, production of the plant used to make cocaine increased by 8 percent in Colombia, to 330 square miles, the United Nations said Tuesday - even as authorities sprayed coca fields totaling 25 times the size of Manhattan.