Selvom Colombia stadig er verdens største kokainproducent, har Det Internationale Råd for Narkotikakontrol, INCB, besluttet at droppe det sydamerikanske land fra listen over ”lande under særlig observation”, skriver BBC World News onsdag.
The INCB is a monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations’ international drug control conventions.
According to the UN’s 2010 World Drug Report, coca cultivation in Colombia decreased by 58 per cent between 2000 and 2009, mainly due to large-scale eradication.
The report estimates that in 2009, Colombia eradicated 168.000 hectares of coca, the leaf from which cocaine is made.
The report also says Colombia has seized more drugs than any other state in the world over the past decade.
