In 2012, poppy cultivation in Mexico for the heroin trade takes up 19,500 hectares of land. 17,500 hectares of land is devoted to growing cannabis.
50 percent of all marijuana smuggled into the United States passes through the border state of Arizona.
Source: Eduardo Porter, “Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War,” New York Times, July 3, 2012.
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