ONDCP Releases Data on Coca Cultivation and Production in Peru

whitehouse.gov ^ | 9/29/19 | Whitehouse

[ransomnote]

 LAW & JUSTICE

 

 Issued on: September 30, 2019

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Office of National Drug Control Policy

 

Today the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the results of the annual U.S. Government estimates measuring coca cultivation and potential cocaine production for the Republic of Peru.

Peru

Pure potential cocaine production in Peru remained elevated at 52,100 hectares.  We remain supportive of the Peruvian government’s increased focus on eradication in Puno and the valley of the three rivers Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro (VRAEM), which remains elevated.

Peru Coca Cultivation	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Cultivation (Hectares)	50,500	59,500	46,500	53,000	44,000	49,800	52,100
Production Potential (Metric Tons)	307	359	353	409	409	486	509

“The ongoing coca cultivation in Peru and across the Andean Region of South America remains a significant threat to the United States. As part of the Trump Administration’s whole-of-government approach to the addiction crisis, we will continue to support our partners in Peru to curb cultivation and production in critical growing regions. We are committed to bringing those who profit off the international drug trade to justice to help accomplish our goal of saving lives,” ONDCP Director Jim Carroll said.

According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) – the most recent year for which data is available – the number of current cocaine users in America increased to 1.9 million, a 27 percent increase from 1.53 million in 2014. The same 2018 survey did reveal a positive statistic indicating a decrease in the number of Americans who initiated cocaine use in the past year to 874,000, down from 1.085 million in 2016. Cocaine-involved overdose deaths rose 173 percent from 2014 (5,415 deaths) to 2018 (14,762) a 6 percent rise from 2017 (CDC 2018 Provisional data).

 

[SuperLuminal]

" We remain supportive of the Peruvian government’s increased focus on eradication in Puno and the valley of the three rivers ...

Anyone who looks at the actual data and say that is a lying POS!

There is clearly NO increased focus on the problem... There is only continued sharing of the immense profits through bribes...

Apparently Peru has modeled it's effort on the "so-called" war-on-drugs here in the U.S...

[ransomnote]

I assumed that it was a shaming technique - a scarlet letter defining Peru’s blossoming drug trade in number and putting a spotlight on it to “watch” it’s “progress”. Negotiations then pend on improvement...drastic improvement... on those numbers. Just my 2 cents.

[Two Kids' Dad]

That’s over 130,000 acres, for those unfamiliar with the size of a hectare.

[eyeamok]

At least they aren’t talking about going after the US Bankers and Wall Street for Laundering every last cent of the Cartels Money.

You can’t have a War on Drugs without Drugs

[Stevenc131]

You see it in the headlines,
you hear it every day
They say they’re gonna stop it,
but it doesn’t go away
They move it through Miami
and sell it in L.A.
They hide it up in Telluride,
I mean it’s here to stay

It’s propping up the governments in Columbia and Peru
You ask any D.E.A. man,
he’ll say there’s nothing we can do
From the office of the president
right down to me and you
It’s a losing proposition,
but one you can’t refuse
It’s the politics of contraband,
it’s the smugglers’ blues
-—Don Henley

[JimRed]

The next time a large load of the garbage is captured, it should be poisoned and allowed to go on its way. A bunch of dead junkies and Coke heads well set the example for the rest. Drug abuse is a choice, not a disease.