1.   Federal authorities billed the indictment of the drug supplier as a new way to attack illegal drug production.

2.   Various private armies exist, mainly funded by illegal drug production and trafficking, most notably the Mong Tai Army led by narcotics warlord Khun Sa.

3.   And while the agency has struck at some important traffickers in Asia, it has been mostly helpless as drug production has reportedly risen sharply in Burma and Afghanistan.

4.   Afghanistan was number one in the world in drug production until a Taliban crackdown a year ago.

5.   Bush also pressed Congress to renew trade preferences meant to discourage drug production in four Latin American countries.

6.   But those clerics have apparently cracked down on drug production and the shipment of heroin from neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan through Iran.

7.   Colombia got a thumbs down from Clinton for the second straight year in its efforts to curb drug production and trafficking.

8.   Drug production in the region was a major subject of US-China talks last month when US Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs Timothy Wirth visited Beijing.

9.   Idaho law enforcement officials said they support legislation that would make methamphetamine drug production a federal crime, but added that more should be done to stop the problem.

10.   Illicit drug production is bigger business than ever before.