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Yahoo: 'This is really quite dramatic': Cocaine is booming like never before
A massive surge in cocaine production has flooded markets around the world, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
In their latest annual report, UN researchers noted that “estimated global illicit manufacture of cocaine reached an all-time high of 1,976 tons… in 2017, an increase of 25 per cent on the previous year.”
Last year, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said that “drug markets are expanding, with cocaine and opium production hitting absolute record highs, presenting multiple challenges on multiple fronts.” This year, that trend continued with cocaine while opium production declined.
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Update: Why is Colombia's cocaine production so high? (DW)
WNU Editor: The UNODC's report is here .... The World Drug Report 2019.