further progress and showed that while one percent of people in the U.S. used cocaine in 2006, that percentage had dropped to 0.5, by 2011.
This month’s Department of State report highlighted that although the opioid epidemic requires immediate action and should be prioritized by national and international leaders, vigilance is needed to prevent backsliding in other areas where progress has been made.
The report also added that although there’s no available data for the estimated production of cocaine in 2016, the preliminary analysis points to a “dramatic increase in cultivation and [cocaine] production.”
Author: Livia Areas-Holmblad
Livia Holmblad is an editor at Addiction Now and covers breaking news, features and everything in between. She moved to SoCal after living in NYC for about 10 years, where she worked for VICE and SinoVision as a writer, editor, host, producer, and director. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Contact Livia at liviah@addictionnow.com
