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Drugs ravage Medellin three decades after Pablo Escobar's death

Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

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"Easy access? Yes, absolutely. In Medellin you can find it anywhere. Even on the floor you find drugs," Manue Morales, an out-of-work engineer and chronic user of "basuco" -- the cheapest drug on the market -- told AFP. Basuco is derived from the coca leaf also used to make cocaine, and mixed with other low-grade substances.