While the primary objective of the Bush Administration is to reduce cocaine supplies, Peruvian officials fear that eradication of coca cultivation could further impoverish the Indian peasantry.

The action takes place along the United States-Mexico border, across which an estimated 70 percent of the nation's cocaine supply finds its way.

"I'm concerned about a toxic contaminant in some cocaine supply."

Some argue that the cocaine supply can't be reduced enough to affect drug use on the street.

Our conclusion was that governmental legalization and regulation of the cocaine supply was the only realistic solution to today's problems.

Statistical evidence suggests that a modestly successful effort to restrict cocaine supplies would increase drug sellers' income because the price would rise more than consumption would fall.

Virtually all the world's cocaine supply originates in the coca-leaf fields of Peru and Bolivia.

What will its impact be on cocaine supply?

There is no indication that the cocaine supply in the United States has decreased.

With Miami serving as the gateway for up to 80 percent of the nation's cocaine supply, law-enforcement officers face enormous temptations to cut themselves in on profits from the booming drug trade, officials say.