Opium In Afghanistan

One tiny pink flower is the root cause for approximately 90% of the world's illegal opium trade. The United States’ globalized war on illegal opium and heroin production targets several foreign countries including Burma, Colombia, and Afghanistan. In this paper, I will look more into the production of opium used for the drug trade in Afghanistan, and its direct relationship to the war on narcotics. This paper will also delve deeper into the production practices of opium production in the middle east specifically Afghanistan, the Afghani Government’s responses to opium production in their country, the ways, and techniques used to transport opium into the United States of America. Furthermore, I will explain the current burning of five tons of drugs destroyed by a controlled blaze in Herat, Afghanistan just last week. Finally, I will explore the future of the opium production and drug trade from the middle east into the rest of the world. Opium has a long-standing tradition in the country of Afghanistan not only for its culinary uses but also for its widespread medical
The story based out of Herat, Afghanistan in which the Afghan Police confiscated and burned piles of drugs including raw opium, hashish and 100 bottles of alcohol. This was a major hit to the drug trade in the area because Herat is one of the three main routes used in the illicit drug trade in Afghanistan. In the article, the Herat police chief Ayoub Ansari was quoted by reporters as saying, “This demonstrates our commitment against drug trafficking. We are determined to prevent drug trafficking by all means possible” (NDTV, 2016). This shows me that there are efforts to at least make it seem as if some people actually want to diminish the amount of opium related drugs are leaving the country of