niggles Posted August 4, 2012 Police in Peru say they have destroyed more than 50 tonnes of marijuana. In an operation lasting five days, the police say they located a record 207,000 marijuana plants in two central regions of the country. According to a report released this week by the US Office of National Drug Control Policy, Peru is the top cocaine producer in the world, followed by Bolivia and Colombia. Analysts say that little is known about Peru's marijuana production. Peru's Interior Minister Wilfredo Pedraza said the police operation had led to the burning of 17 times more marijuana than had been destroyed in the whole of 2011. Police Director Gen Raul Salazar said a total of 34.5 hectares (85.25 acres) of marijuana plantations had been destroyed in the La Libertad and and Huanaco regions. Gen Salazar said the police had identified the financial brains behind the marijuana plantation and were moving in on him. 'Aggressive strategy' Milton Rojas of the Peruvian Centre for Information and Education for the Prevention of Drug Abuse (CEDRO) said that most of Peru's marijuana production seemed to be for domestic consumption. Mr Rojas told the BBC's Mattia Cabitza in Lima that unconfirmed reports suggested that marijuana plants were increasingly being grown alongside coca bushes. In its annual report, published on Monday, the US Office of National Drug Control Policy said that coca cultivation in Peru increased by 33% between 2009 and 2010. According to the report, for the first time in recent history potential pure Peruvian cocaine production exceeded that of Colombia. Peru's Interior Minister Wilfredo Pedraza said the government was pursuing "an aggressive strategy" to reverse this trend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ErraneousHerbalist Posted August 4, 2012 Nek minnit, dude... we should totally order some pizza... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glimpse Posted August 4, 2012 guess the corporations want it cleared so they can grow more coke 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chnt Posted August 4, 2012 just fucking nuke the whole forest... fuck nature, we have to rid the world of those evil weeds... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cactuscarl Posted August 7, 2012 Seen a report like this on YouTube the other day of someone standing in front of a huge pile of burning dope by the end of the interview he is so smashed he can hardly stand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zen Peddler Posted August 8, 2012 guess the corporations want it cleared so they can grow more coke well said my friend, well said Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitewind Posted August 8, 2012 50 tonnes? Could have made some good bio-fuel at least... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ErraneousHerbalist Posted August 8, 2012 50 tonnes? Could have made some good bio-fuel at least... Or food, textiles, fabrics, and paper... (I could go on...) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghosty Posted August 9, 2012 why rip it out anyway?? dont the puruvians need some cash crops to help them out? would farming marijuana cause more harm than clearing the forest to raise cattle? who was it that first came down on their coca plants that they have used for trading/ living for so so long in the first place? im proud to live in such a retarded world! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
