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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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'BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY' In 2013, some 3.5 percent of Colombians said they had ever taken an illegal substance, according to the state statistics agency. By 2019, the number had almost tripled to 9.7 percent.