Drug Control U.S. Assistance to Colombia Will Take Years to Produce Results

The U.S. has been providing assistance to Colombia since the early 1970s to help the Colombian Nat. Police & other law enforcement agencies, the military, & civilian agencies in their efforts to reduce illegal drug production & trafficking activities. Despite this assistance, Colombia remains the world's leading producer of cocaine & has become a major source of the heroin being used in the U.S. This report determines: how the drug threat has changed in recent years; what problems, if any, the U.S. has had in providing its assistance to Colombia; & what challenges the U.S. & Colombia face in reducing the illegal drug activities. Charts, tables & map. Also includes a 17-page report, Drug Control: Financial & Management Challenges Continue to Complicate Efforts to Reduce Illicit Drug Activities in Colombia,Ó Statement of Jess Ford, Testimony Before the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, U.S. Senate (June 3, 2003)Huntington, Albert H., III is the author of 'Drug Control U.S. Assistance to Colombia Will Take Years to Produce Results' with ISBN 9780756707194 and ISBN 0756707196.