As noted, a new extradition treaty between the US and Bolivia, signed in 1995, entered into force on November 21. Cultivation and Production. Bolivia produces over a quarter of the world's coca leaf, which potentially yields about 30 percent of the world's cocaine supply. The processing of this or any other coca to produce cocaine is illegal. All other coca, including Chapare coca planted after 1988, is illegal.
Illegal coca is subject to eradication without the owner's consent and without compensation.
While most Yungas coca is consumed in leaf form, a growing amount is diverted to cocaine production. Apolo coca, meanwhile, is in rapid decline and is of little importance to the drug trade. The government took aggressive steps in late 1996 to destroy new coca and deter its planting to ensure that future eradication of mature coca leads to a substantial reduction of the total coca crop. Based on these formulas, the eradication of 7,512 ha of coca prevented approximately 56 mt of cocaine from being manufactured and exported. Drug abuse is a growing problem.