US War In Afghanistan Fueling Global Heroin Epidemic

Since the US overthrew the Taliban government, Afghanistan’s opium industry exploded, fueling the current international heroin epidemic, Mnar Muhawesh reports for MintPress News. Before 2001 when US military action began in Afghanistan, the Taliban government offered subsidies to Afghani farmers who grew food crops instead of heroin poppies. In the summer of 2000, the Taliban […]
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