Opium Production Continues To Boom In Afghanistan

Afghan men work on a poppy field in Jalalabad province. © Parwiz / Reuters

RT: ‘World fails miserably to stop opium threat’: RT reports from drug factory Afghanistan

Opiate production in Afghanistan has increased markedly since the US-led invasion in 2001, leading addiction rates to skyrocket. Meanwhile, the UN said this week that opioids are the world’s “most harmful drug type.” RT investigated the problem in Kabul.

Though only a tiny fraction of the opiates produced in Afghanistan are used domestically, the effects are devastating the local population. An RT crew found an infamous nest of drug addicts in a dry riverbed right in the middle of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

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WNU editor: This The biggest victims to this explosion of opium production are becoming the Afghans themselves .... Opium use booms in Afghanistan, creating a ‘silent tsunami’ of addicted women (Washington Post).