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DEA: Cocaine Production Grows
Posted by FoM on January 18, 2000 at 17:14:53 PT
By The Associated Press
Source: New York Times
Bolivia and Peru are significantly cutting down on cocaine production, but output of the illicit drug is increasing in Colombia, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday. Colombia is expected to produce 330 to 440 tons of pure cocaine this year, compared to 220 tons last year, according to a written report prepared by DEA agents in Bolivia. 
Increased cocaine production is directly linked to greater acreage devoted to growing coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine. In Colombia, coca fields now cover 222,000 acres of land, compared with 81,000 acres in 1992. Peru is expected to produce 192 tons of cocaine this year, compared to 264 tons in 1998 and 606 tons in 1992, the DEA said. Coca leaf cultivation has dropped from 283,000 acres to 85,000 acres in 1999. Bolivia produced 248 tons of cocaine in 1992. Last year, the figure dropped to 77 tons and is expected to drop further to 55 tons this year, the DEA said. Bolivia's coca acreage has dropped through a forceful eradication program, dropping from 100,000 acres a few years ago to less than half that today. A record 35,000 acres were eradicated last year alone. The production of opium, from which heroin is produced, is also in the rise in Colombia. The country has gone from zero production a decade ago to becoming a major producer, much of it earmarked for U.S. markets. Bolivian President Hugo Banzer has vowed to get all of Bolivia out of illegal coca leaf growing and cocaine production before his five-year term ends in 2002. In Colombia, meanwhile, the United States is carrying out a program to defeat Colombian drug traffickers by helping to train up to 3,000 military personnel and 500 police officers before the end of the year, U.S. officials say. President Clinton's administration has announced a two-year, $1.6 billion program to assist in the anti-drug fight and help Colombia in other ways. LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) Published: January 18, 2000Copyright 2000 The New York Times Company Related Articles:Colombian Troops Pursue Rebels - 1/16/2000http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4345.shtmlFighting in Colombia Leaves 50 Dead - 1/15/2000http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4333.shtmlCanada Will Complement Fight Against Drugs - 1/15/2000http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread4343.shtml 
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Comment #1 posted by LOVII on April 14, 2000 at 13:40:09 PT:
COCAINE PRODUCTION
I AM WRITING A CHEM. PAPER ON COKE PRODUCTION, U KNOW THE CHEMICAL MAKE-UP I HAVEN'T FOUND MUCH INFO, IF ANYONE COULD HELP I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THE PAPERS DUE B-4 THE END OF THE SEMESTER SO PLS W/B.    THXKS.
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