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Peru's Coca Reduction
Title: Peru's Coca Reduction
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 363 | Pages: 1.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Peru's Coca Reduction
Peru's Coca Reduction Efforts
We have reviewed the 1999 Peru coca cultivation survey, and the results of Peru's coca reduction
efforts are excellent. Peru achieved a net reduction of 24 percent in total coca cultivation compared
to 1998, from 51,000 hectares down to 38,700 hectares. This lowers the total amount of potential
cocaine production to 175 metric tons - a 27 percent decrease from a potential yield of 240 metric
tons in 1998.
The Department of State appreciates the efforts of the Government of Peru …showed first 75 words of 363 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 363 total…for its efforts on the drug front. The
Banzer Administration took ownership of the drug production problem in Bolivia in 1997 and
promised to rid Bolivia of illegal drug production by 2002. Bolivia is well on the way to reaching this
goal on schedule. This is also a major foreign policy success for the United States, demonstrating
that drug eradication programs in source countries can succeed through close international
collaboration against illegal producers, criminals and traffickers.
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