Pubdate: Sat, 20 Jun 2009
Source: New York Times (NY)
Page: A6
Copyright: 2009 The New York Times Company
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Simon Romero
Referenced: The UN report http://drugsense.org/url/IvCqlHL1
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COLOMBIA: COCA GROWING DECLINES

Cultivation of coca, the plant used to produce cocaine, fell 18 
percent in Colombia last year, largely because of manual eradication 
efforts, the United Nations said in a report issued Friday. Cocaine 
production in Colombia, the world's largest producer of the drug, 
also fell 28 percent from a year earlier. These declines were partly 
offset by increases in coca cultivation in Bolivia, up 6 percent, and 
in Peru, up 4.5 percent, the report said. The declines in Colombia 
point to a return to cultivation levels of earlier this decade.
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