Ganja in Jamaica

Statistics














Ganja in Jamaica - Statistics 1985 -1995


Statistical Tables

TABLES for CY 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

CANNABIS
Harvestable Cultivation [ha] 305 308 744 389 950 1,220 280 607 680 2,600 1,410
Eradication [ha] 695 692 456 811 833 1,030 1,510 650 650 2,200 955
Cultivation [ha] 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,783 2,250 1,790 1,257 1,330 4,800 2,365
Potential Yield /a [mt] 206 208 502 263 641 825 189 405 460 1,755 950
Seizures /b
Cocaine* [mt] 0.571 0.179 0.160 0.49 0.06 0.76 0.13 0.01 8.60 0.550 0.400
Marijuana [mt] 37.20 46.00 75.00 35.00 43.00 29.00 38.00 0.53 215.00 - -
Hashish Oil [kg] 278.00 47.00 235.00 165.00 171.00 - - -
Heroin [mt] 0.001 0.001 0.002 - - -
Labs Destroyed
Hashish Oil 0 0 2 - - - -
Arrests
Nationals 3,325 788 899 785 4,353 4,908 2,956 3,100 3,400 3,341 2,272
Foreigners 380 98 517 364 674 524 638 625 567 782 -
Total Arrests 3,705 886 1,416 1,149 5,027 5,432 3,594 3,725 3,967 4,123 2,272


*412 kg of the HCl seized in 1992 was part of DEA controlled delivery.

[a] Yield is based on 675 kilograms per hectare.

[b] Data, provided by Jamaican authorities, is for entire year.



Source: USIS, American Embassy, Strandvägen 101, 115 89 Stockholm