U.N. Study Exposes Origins, Dimensions and Impact of Afghanistan Opium Economy, Points to Alternative

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“... By the year 2000, the country was the source of 70 per cent of all the illicit opium produced in the world. Following a decline in 2001, production resumed at high levels in 2002, again making Afghanistan the world's largest producer (followed by Myanmar and Laos), accounting for almost three-quarters of global opium production.”

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