Afghan Overdose. Inside opium trade
Afghanistan is the worlds biggest exporter of blackmarket opium from which heroin is made. Its a multibillion dollar business, responsible for around a hundred thousand deaths every year and its a major source of income for terrorists. RT Doc travelled to the poppy fields where death is harvested to find out why no one can put a stop to this deadly trade. When it comes to heroin, a nonintervention policy is still going strong in Afghanistan where over 90 of the worlds black market opium is produced. Most finds its way onto the international drug market and the profits fund organized crime and terrorist groups like ISIS, which is growing in strength here. The dealers and manufacturers arent hard to find: they live in luxurious houses, have fields blooming with poppies and sell their narcotic wares in broad daylight. Even so, they still manage to evade arrest. Poppy fields are destroyed and drugs seized but its only ever the middle men who are punished, not the drug lords. Theres been a
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