Cocaine Drug Scourge Haunts South America’s Southern Cone

Countries of South America's Southern Cone are experiencing a growing drug scourge among their young people. World Politics Review contributing editor and freelance journalist Guy Taylor reports from Uruguay and Argentina, where health officials cited a 200 percent increase during recent years in the number of young people addicted to the new smoke-able cocaine product known by the street-name "Paco." Taylor also blogged for WPR while reporting in Argentina in 2007.

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