2002 OFFICIAL VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 000329 SIPDIS STATE FOR INL/AAE; INL/PC (THOMPSON) EAP/BCLTV; L/LEI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR PREL VM CNARC SUBJECT: 2002 OFFICIAL VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS REFS: A. 02 STATE 190339 B. 02 Hanoi 2980 ¶1. (U) BELOW ARE OFFICIAL 2002 VIETNAM DRUG STATISTICS PROVIDED BY THE STANDING OFFICE FOR DRUG CONTROL OF VIETNAM (SODC). THIS TABLE UPDATES REF B SUBMISSION. ¶2. (U) BEGIN TEXT INCSR SUMMARY TABLES. SUMMARY TABLES FOR THREE YEARS -- 1. COCA. VIETNAM PRODUCED NO COCA IN 2001 OR PREVIOUS YEARS. -- 2. POTENTIAL COCA LEAF. NOT APPLICABLE TO VIETNAM. -- 3. OPIUM. STATISTICAL TABLE DRUG CULTIVATION (HECTARES) 2002 2001 2000 HARVESTABLE CULTIVATION 315 351 428 ERADICATION 315 351 428 POPPY HARVESTED (SEEDS) -- 4. POTENTIAL OPIUM GUM. NOT AVAILABLE. -- 5. CANNABIS. SODC REPORTS NO CANNABIS CULTIVATION IN VIETNAM. CANNABIS ENTERS VIETNAM FROM CAMBODIA. -- 6. POTENTIAL CANNABIS YIELD. NOT APPLICABLE. -- 7. DRUG SEIZURES IN KILOGRAMS: STATISTICAL TABLE SEIZURES 2002 2001 2000 ¶A. COCA LEAF N/A N/A N/A ¶B. COCAINE PASTE N/A N/A N/A ¶C. COCAINE BASE N/A N/A N/A ¶D. COCAINE HCL N/A N/A N/A E/F.OPIUM 612.6 589.4 455 ¶G. HEROIN 57.4 40.33 50.46 ¶H. CANNABIS 243.0 1,272.5 2,071 ¶I. OTHERS, BY UNITS ¶J. TUBES OF ADDICTIVE DRUGS 110,232 125,328 112,414 ¶K. DOSES OF HEROIN 62,784 49,369 66,192 ¶L. ATS TABLETS 47,852 43,160 6,783 ¶M. KG. ADDICTIVE PHARM. N/A 179 ¶N. TABLETS ADDICTIVE PHARM. N/A 593,662 ¶O. BOTTLES ADDICTIVE PHARM. N/A 1,028 NOTES: ¶1. ATS STANDS FOR AMPHETAMINE TYPE STIMULANTS. ONE DOSE OF HEROIN IS EQUIVALENT TO ANYWHERE BETWEEN 0.10 AND 0.25 MILLIGRAMS. ¶2. ACCORDING TO SODC, STATISTICS FOR M,N,AND O ABOVE WERE NOT COMPILED FOR 2002. END NOTES. -- 8. ILLICIT LABS. DURING 2002, WE KNOW OF NO LABS HAVING BEEN DESTROYED. -- 9. DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION OF ILLICIT DRUGS. NO AVAILABLE STATISTICS. -- 10. ARRESTS. STATISTICAL TABLE NUMBER OF ARRESTS BY NUMBER OF CASES/NUMBER OF PERSONS ARRESTED. 2002 2001 2000 14,167/23,199 12,811/21,103 8,925/16,276 -- 11. USERS. STATISTICAL TABLE NUMBER OF REGISTERED DRUG ADDICTS: 2002 2001 2000 142,001 113,669 100,293 BURGHARDT