Thursday, October 22, 2009

UN Report: The Evils Of Opium Are Spreading Worldwide And Funding The Taliban


Killer Crop: Afghan Opium Fuels Addictions, Finances Terrorists -- McClatchy News

MOSCOW -- Afghan opium kills more people every year than any other drug on the planet, claiming up to 100,000 lives annually, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday.

Although U.S. officials have pointed to the last two years of lower production in Afghanistan, the country still produces 90 percent of the world's opium, which the report says now threatens to sow havoc in much of Central Asia.

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More News On The Opium Trade

UN details 'devastating' impact of Afghan opium -- AFP
UN Report Tracks Crossborder Impact Of Afghan Heroin -- Radio Free Europe
UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc -- AP
World failing to dent heroin trade, U.N. warns -- CNN
Afghan opium 'funds Taliban' -- BBC
Afghan opium feeding Europe, Russia, Iran addicts -- Reuters
Russian anger over Afghan drugs -- BBC
UN report: Russia becomes largest market for Afghan heroin -- RT
Afghan opium named as world's deadliest drug -- ABC News (Australia)

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