Implemented in 2000-2001, the Taliban’s drug eradication program led to a 94 percent decline in opium cultivation. In 2001, according to UN figures, opium production had fallen to 185 tons. Immediately following the October 2001 US led invasion, production increased dramatically, regaining its historical levels. The Western media in chorus blame the Taliban and the warlords. The Bush administration was said to be committed to curbing the Afghan drug trade: “The US is the main backer of a huge drive to rid Afghanistan of opium… “ Yet in a bitter irony, US military presence has served to restore rather than eradicate the drug trade. globalresearch.ca/who-benefits-from-the-afghan-opium-trade/3294 More information: guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/17/opium-poppy-farming-afghanistan-rising?newsfeed=true worldnews.msnbc.msn/_news/2012/04/21/11319982-us-army-investigated-soldiers-over-suspected-drug-abuse-in-afghanistan-data-show foxnews/us/2012/04/21/army-probes-drug-use-by-soldiers-in-afghanistan/ edition.cnn/2012/04/21/us/afghanistan-soldier-drug-overdoses/?hpt=wo_c2 youtube/watch?v=Ccu70TS8F1Q&feature=related youtu.be/-H7Aiq1pTvE youtu.be/x3NPoO8LL2w youtu.be/OgqKQZzHk4E youtu.be/_9bhFu-dmB0 stripes/news/va-study-ptsd-patients-more-often-prescribed-potent-opioids-1.170782 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid youtu.be/OBCABql41vY commondreams.org/view/2012/05/25-3 youtu.be/HnbhMlGnB9I youtu.be/MzL9IzAjAZM collateralmurder/ youtu.be/wmJENSpdtW0
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