"Report: Cocaine a Growing Risk for U.S."

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - More cocaine is likely to come into the United States from South America as the U.S. diverts resources from its drug-control strategy to hurricane relief and the war on terror, congressional investigators say.

The report prepared by the Government Accountability Office, an investigative arm of Congress, found that U.S. cocaine seizures from 2000 to 2004 increased by 68 percent to a record 196 metric tons in the "transit zone," the area between the U.S. and South America.

But the Pentagon's attention to armed conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Homeland Security Department's focus on Hurricane Katrina threaten to undermine recent achievements, the GAO said in its report.

The report, an advance copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, offers a sobering look at the future of government efforts to stymie America's $65 billion illegal drug habit. It notes that while drug seizures have increased, U.S. cocaine supplies and the number of users (2 million) have not fallen, apparently due to a rise in shipments.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20051130/D8E6F4UO0.html

[dogman]

1. It has destroyed the Presidency.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. *lol* Oh.. too true.

[WCGreen]

3. Yes... The prices will go down.... Flood the market.....

The kids are bored with Ex... Let them get excited about Coke....