Afghan Poppy Fields Forever Part II: Opium Production Up 87 Percent In 2017
A UN 2017 report says opium production in Afghanistan, the worlds top producer, increased by 87 percent to a “record level” of 9,000 tons this year, compared with 2016 levels, according to the latest Afghanistan Opium Survey figures released on November 15 by the Afghan Ministry of Counternarcotics and the UN Office on Drugs and …