The director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, Dr. Rahul Gupta, spoke exclusively to NTN24 about coca cultivation in Colombia and the production of fentanyl, a dangerous drug that worries US authorities. Every September, the US government’s report on drug control in various countries is published. A year after Petro came to power in Colombia, Is the anti-drug strategy working in the coffee country? “We need to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time,” the director also said of the United States’ intention to tackle cocaine and fentanyl, drugs of concern to the American Union. Gupta was also asked why they stopped taking satellite images of coca crops in Colombia.

Source: Daily Nation September 02, 2023 13:40 UTC