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Reporter's Notebook: Nancy Davies

Drugs in Colombia

Readers may be interested in Wired 12.11: The Mystery of the Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die  
 by Contributing editor Joshua Davis (jd@joshuadavis.net)

The article describes a new coca plant that is now taking over in Columbia. It's herbicide resistant. Heidi-ho.

      Issue 12.11 - November 2004

About Nancy Davies

Biography
I’m a little old lady in sandalias, Plebian Consort of George Salzman on whose web-site some of my essays are posted. I write in every genre, I teach English, I hang out in the Mexican sunshine. I am in love with Subcomandante Marcos although we’ve met only in the noösphere.

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Background Info on "Super Coca"

Hey Nancy,

We had a discussion on the myths and realities of the so-called "super coca" plant a couple months ago, to which Steve Young and other copublishers have added quite a number of interesting facts, including regarding the Wired article...

Here's the link.

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