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MEXICO: CONTINUED RISE IN OPIUM PRODUCTION
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F-2018-02250
Publication Date:
August 13, 1985
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MEXICO: Continued Rise in Opium Production
The marked resurgence in opium production that began last year
appears to have continued during the first half of 1985 and almost
certainly will result in even larger exports of heroin to the US.
Preliminary analysis conducted in February
indicates the total harvest will approach 45 tons, compared to about
30 tons In 1984 and under 20 tons in 1983. Nearly all the opium is
refined into heroin that is smuggled into the US; this year it will
account for as much as 40 percent of US consumption, as compared
_tosome_30perct in recent years,
Comment: Mexico's once-successful opium eradication program
continues to be hampered by economic problems, which limit funds
and equipment, President de
la Madrid Is committed to working with the US to improve the
situation, but the changes he has made during the past year have not
been adequate to regain the initiative. If Mexico City does not lake
adequate measures, opium production could increase aaain next
year�and could rival the peak levels of 10 years ago.
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