Panama Is Third In Drug Seizures - Responsible For 8% Of Total
Panama is third in the total amount of drug seizures, behind Colombia and the United States, responsible for 8% of all seizures according to a report presented today, Tuesday, 26 June 2012, on seizures, drug consumption and production in Central America. The document also said the most consumed drug worldwide is cannabis (marijuana) - used by 234 million people.
The report was presented at the Foreign Ministry and was attended by Public Security Minister, Jose Raul Mulino; Panama's Deputy Foreign Minister, Francisco Alvarez de Soto, and from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Armando Phillips. It was known there are 16 million drug addicts worldwide.
Editor's Comment: Panama is third overall? More seizures than Mexico? Really?
