NCJ Number
110165
Date Published
1987
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This General Accounting Office status report on the U.S. international narcotics control program focuses on the management and effectiveness of programs funded by the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotic Matters as well as the complementary efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Agency for International Development.
Abstract
Recent estimates by the National Narcotics Intelligence Consumer Committee (NNICC) indicate that the production and availability of illicit narcotics continues to grow. NNICC data also show that Americans' use of marijuana decreased by 4 percent between 1962 and 1985, but their cocaine use increased 133 percent. Approximately 95 percent of the narcotics consumed in the United States are imported. All of the cocaine used by Americans originates in Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia. Heroin and Opium are derived from the opium poppy grown in Southeast and Southwest Asia and Mexico. The General Accounting Office is now developing several reports on U.S. narcotic control efforts in Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, Mexico, Pakistan, Thailand, and Turkey. This statement presents some preliminary observations on control efforts in Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Pakistan, Burma, and Thailand.