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A. Bogota is located in the center of Colombia, on a high plateau known as the Bogota Savanna in the Andes mountain range. The good growing conditions and an abundance of cheap labor have helped Colombia sell 4 billion flowers to the United States last year.
C. California is still America's top cut flower producer, and Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is second. In the past 27 years, the American flower industry’s production of roses dropped roughly 95 percent, falling from 545 million to less than 30 million.
B. President George H.W. Bush and other officials sought incentives that would push Colombians away from cocaine production and toward legitimate endeavors. So in 1991, Congress passed a trade law that eliminated the import duty on Colombian cut flowers. But, Colombia still is the world’s top cocaine producer.
A. According to the UN, the United States consumes about 36 percent of the world’s cocaine and Brazil uses about 18 percent. Brazil’s growing economy and middle class have provided a nearby market for coca farmers in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia who produce almost all of the world's cocaine.