Opium production up in Afghanistan, eradication down

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Opium production in Afghanistan is up 43 percent over 2015 levels with very little eradication efforts in place, according to the latest Afghanistan Opium Survey. 

Opium is used to produce heroin. The use of this illegal drug is on the rise in the United States with stronger enforcement taking place for abuse of prescription opioids.

DYI Comments:  The real reason the U.S. attacked Afghanistan was to bring back on line the opium trade for the CIA.  Attacking Afghanistan had nothing to do with terrorism if that was the case then Saudi Arabia would have been conquered for they are the epicenter for radical Islam.

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