On Thursday, September 15, U.S. President Jo Biden delivered a memorandum to the Secretary of State listing the top drug transit countries (Caribbean, Central and South America) or top illicit drug-producing countries for fiscal year 2023 : Afghanistan, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama , Peru and Venezuela.

In the memorandum Biden clarifies that "[...] A country’s presence on the foregoing list is neither a reflection of its government’s counterdrug efforts nor level of cooperation with the United States [...] the reason countries are placed on the list is the combination of geographic, commercial, and economic factors that allow drugs to be transited or produced, even if a government has engaged in robust and diligent narcotics control and law enforcement measures.

[...] Addressing the ongoing and increasingly staggering toll of the drug addiction and overdose epidemic in the United States, which tragically claimed nearly 108,000 lives in 2021, remains one of the foremost public health priorities of my Administration. Through our 2022 National Drug Control Strategy, my Administration will focus on critical drivers of the epidemic, including untreated addiction and drug trafficking, and will redouble efforts to strengthen foreign partnerships to address drug production and trafficking, particularly to tackle the shared challenge of synthetic drugs.

My Administration’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget request calls for $24.3 billion to support evidence-based prevention and treatment, including harm reduction and recovery support services, with targeted investments to meet the needs of populations at greatest risk for overdose and substance use disorder. The Budget request also includes significant investments to reduce the supply of illicit drugs originating from beyond our borders [...]"

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37592-icihaiti-pnh-3-individuals-arrested-for-possession-and-drug-trafficking.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37563-icihaiti-pnh-drug-traffickers-killed-2-assault-rifles-seized-one-arrest.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37525-icihaiti-justice-seizure-of-more-than-a-ton-of-marijuana-an-arrest.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37276-icihaiti-justice-19-kg-of-marijuana-seized-a-woman-arrested.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37268-icihaiti-north-arrest-of-a-major-drug-trafficker.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37085-icihaiti-north-marijuana-plantations-burned-by-the-police.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37071-icihaiti-blts-seizure-of-124-kg-of-marijuana-haitian-trafficker-arrested.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37006-icihaiti-security-4-drug-traffickers-arrested.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-36884-icihaiti-international-airport-arrest-of-a-nigerian-with-135-kg-of-cocaine-in-his-intestine.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-36847-icihaiti-les-cayes-an-individual-arrested-with-nearly-45-kg-of-marijuana.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-36642-icihaiti-justice-2-police-officers-arrested-in-possession-of-352-kg-of-marijuana.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35748-haiti-insecurity-drugs-for-guns-trade-between-haiti-and-jamaica.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24303-haiti-jamaica-drug-against-weapons-300-kg-of-narcotics-seized-1-haitian-arrested.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19602-haiti-jamaica-seizure-of-3-000-pounds-of-cannabis-destined-to-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17330-haiti-jamaica-seizure-of-300-kg-of-narcotic-for-haiti.html

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