The flow of opiates from Afghanistan to the world’s drug markets.
Read the article: World failing to dent heroin trade, U.N. warns
Also the BBC article: Afghan opium fuels ‘global chaos’
Factoid: The report confirmed an estimate that $400 million in drug profits goes to the Taliban. Just one of the reasons that they are fighting so well.
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We need to legalize pot so Afghanistan can go back to making hashish.
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