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Marijuana fueled Colombian drug trade before cocaine was king

  • Written by Lina Britto, Assistant Professor of History, Northwestern University
imageA marijuana trafficker practicing his aim in the Guajira, epicenter of Colombia's first drug boom, in 1979.Romano Cagnoni/Getty Images

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