By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Cocaine is making a comeback.
That’s according to a recently released report by the DEA, which indicated that cocaine use and availability are rebounding, Newsweek reports.
The DEA has found that coca production has significantly increased in Columbia, the primary supplier of cocaine in the U.S. since the mid-1990s.
“Average farmer profits increased more than 120 percent between 2012 and 2016,” the report underscores. “A Colombian coca farmer tending a mature quarter-hectare field realized some $1,200 in profits in 2016. This rise in potential profits provides the coca farmers with a strong economic incentive to grow more coca.”
