31.   Colombia and other Latin American countries are failing to stem drug production and trafficking, administration officials said Wednesday.

32.   Crop substitution programmes have proved to be one of the most effective ways to counter drug production, but more aid is badly needed.

33.   Delegates also expressed concerns about drug production in Afghanistan and sectarian violence.

34.   Drug production and trafficking flourished during the conflict, and provided lucrative financing for many Middle Eastern terrorist groups.

35.   Fighting between rebels and security troops has been intensifying, and drug production is up.

36.   Following the end of the civil war and with the restoration of state authority, the government cracked down on drug production.

37.   For Afghanistan, the problem of drug production is a big one.

38.   Guyana, with its vast, sparsely populated jungle bordering Venezuela, has been under increasing pressure from the U.S. government to crack down on drug production and smuggling.

39.   He also faces more than a dozen other charges of murder, kidnapping and illegal drug production.

40.   He also alleges that hard times have led the reclusive communist regime to counterfeit U-S dollars and move into drug production.