▁from ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁manufact ur ers ▁that ▁had ▁contributed ▁to ▁Fernández ' s ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁election ▁campaign . ▁O ca ña ▁said ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁challenge ▁to ▁effectively ▁run ▁her ▁min istry ▁when ▁the ▁money ▁allocated ▁for ▁public ▁health ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁going ▁to ▁" other ▁places ." ▁ ▁A ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁report ▁by ▁the ▁U . S . ▁State ▁Department ▁indicates ▁that ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁Government ▁does ▁not ▁act ively ▁produce ▁or ▁encou rage ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁n arc ot ics . ▁Nevertheless , ▁" se ver al ▁security ▁force ▁members , ▁including ▁high - ran king ▁officers ," ▁were ▁accused ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁of ▁c oca ine ▁and ▁mar iju ana ▁tra ff ick ing ▁on ▁a ▁grand ▁scale ▁or ▁protect ing ▁tra ff ick ing ▁schemes . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁source , ▁the ▁ep ic enter ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁drug ▁trade ▁is ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Ros ario . ▁There ▁were ▁minimal ▁import ▁restrictions ▁on ▁these ▁" prec ursor ▁chemical s ," ▁including ▁e ph ed r ine ▁and ▁pseudo e ph ed r ine , ▁which ▁are ▁used ▁to ▁produce ▁dru gs ▁like ▁c oca ine ▁and ▁m eth am ph et am ine , ▁and ▁the ▁Kirch ner ▁and ▁Fernández ▁administr ations ▁were ▁lo ath ▁to ▁imp ose ▁restrictions ▁on ▁ph arma ce ut ical s , ▁since ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁companies ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁Kir chn