International Narcotics Control Act of 1989

International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 - Declares that the Congress finds that: (1) it is crucial to international antidrug efforts that funds be made available to provide alternative sources of income for individuals in major coca producing countries who are dependent on illicit drug production, as well as for eradication, enforcement, rehabilitation, treatment, and education programs in such countries; and (2) the United States and other major donor countries should provide increased economic assistance to major coca producing countries which have taken steps to attack illicit coca production by methods which reduce the flow of cocaine to the world market. Urges the Director of National Drug Control Policy to submit to the Congress a plan which addresses such needs. Urges the President to include such findings and the following issues on the formal agenda of the meeting between the President and the Governments of Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru in February 1990: (1) initiatives to expand antidrug efforts in the Andean region; (2) debt-for-drug exchanges that forgive Andean bilateral debt held by the United States and other creditor countries in return for commitments to use the savings in debt service for antidrug programs; and (3) efforts to halt the transfer of arms, precursor chemicals, and communications equipment and technology from legitimate sources to drug traffick…

Congressional Research Service · 1989-11-20