Legal Opium Production in Afghanistan – no Solution

The need for an evidence-based approach to controlling opium production in Afghanistan.

Through both scientific evaluation (1), and the wisdom of experience (2), Western nations have learned that illicit drug markets are notoriously difficult to control from the supply side. A recent World Customs Organization report found that even post-September 11 security measures have had a ‘‘negligible’’ impact on the influx of illicit drugs into the United States (3). In Canada, we recently...

Unsupervised Detection of Opium Poppy Fields in Afghanistan from Eo-1 Hyperion Data Unsupervised Detection of Opium Poppy Fields in Afghanistan from Eo-1 Hyperion Data

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Lead Contamination of Opium, Opium Tincture, and Methadone Oral Solution, in Iran

Evidence from the Field: Understanding Changing Levels of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan

Levels of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan’s provinces and districts rise and fall depending on a range of factors that are not well understood. Declines in cultivation are often attributed to the political commitment of the provincial and local authorities and the role of information campaigns, while the underlying power and economic dynamics that drive these changes receive little atten...

no . 7 “ TRIBES ” AND WARLORDS IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN , 1980 - 2005

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