Cocaine growth has continued to decline in Colombia and Bolivia. Colombian police personnel from an anti-narcotics unit custody an illegal laboratory producing cocaine hydrochloride. AFP/Getty Images ...

Police in Bolivia have arrested the country's former counternarcotics czar after finding a cocaine lab on one of his properties, although it is not yet clear if he was aware of its existence.

Although cocaine use became widespread in the 19th century once it was synthesized into cocaine hydrochloride salts, Europeans knew of the coca plant’s stimulating effects since the early 15th century ...

Cocaine use in Europe was widespread by the 19th century, but a new study suggests that Europeans were aware of and took advantage of the substance's stimulating effects as early as the 17th century.

The Colombian navy rescued three suspected drug traffickers using bales of cocaine to stay afloat following a shipwreck Sunday. The bizarre rescue occurred 30 miles from Tumaco on Colombia's Pacific ...

AUBURN, N.Y. — An Auburn man was arrested after authorities found cocaine, a handgun and over $5,000 in cash while executing a search warrant. Investigators of the Finger Lakes Drug Task Force (FLDTF) ...

Researchers studying a crypt in Milan found that the coca plant may have been used “for recreational purposes” Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in ...

The Colombian navy rescued three suspected drug traffickers using bales of cocaine to stay afloat following a shipwreck Sunday. The bizarre rescue occurred 30 miles from Tumaco on Colombia's Pacific ...