By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A cocaine production boom in Colombia has increased use and availability of the drug in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade, the DEA reports.
The DEA’s 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment concluded that more cocaine is reaching the U.S. because of increases in seizures and overdose deaths.
The increase occurred between 2014 and 2015.
The DEA estimates a 67% increase in cocaine production in Columbia, one of the largest providers of the drug in the U.S.
The DEA also identified new risks, including cocaine mixed with the deadly opioid fentanyl.
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