a lot of crops in many regions of the country, says Hernandez. What's even more troublesome, the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue says that roughly 90 % of cocaine sold in the United States still comes from Colombia. Michael Shifter, the organization's president, says that Plan Colombia's many critics rightly point to the policy's failure to meet the fundamental purpose for which the program was developed: To reduce the availability of drugs, particularly cocaine in U.S. communities, says Shifter. In Colombia there's a new push to refocus government efforts on improving socioeconomic conditions for the population as a means of making organized crime and guerrillas associated with drug traffickers less appealing to peasants who live in marginalized areas. Colombia's problems go well beyond drug trafficking and security. About 50 % of Colombians live in poverty, and 60 % have no regular employment. Now that security has improved, many Colombians such as security analyst Suarez say it's time for the Colombian government to address issues such as social inequality and long-term development as a way to slow down the seemingly never-ending production of illicit drugs in Colombia.