Abstract

Afghan Poppies Bloom
Parenti, Christian | January 24, 2005 issue

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Looks at growth in the opium trade in Afghanistan. Size and scale of Afghanistan's opium trade; Increase in the growth of poppies, from which opium is produced; Contribution of the opium trade to Afghanistan's economy; Efforts of the British-led Counter Narcotics Directorate in Kabul to curb the opium trade; Comments of farmers involved with opium production in Afghanistan; Financial incentives of the poppy cultivation and opium trade for poor Afghan farmers.

See Also:

AFGHANISTAN -- Social conditions; OPIUM -- Export & import trade; NARCOTICS -- Government policy; POPPIES; AFGHANISTAN
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