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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
I read an article saying poppy production has increased significantly since the U.S. invasion....which I thought was odd....I'll try and find it.
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Yes, I've heard the same thing too. Basically, the lack of a national government has lead to tribal warlords to set up large-scale heroin operations. And it's not an easy thing to solve, since a lot of families and villages work for the warlords and see these attempts to shut down the industry as a personal attack on them. That said, if the west pulls out, I think the heroin operations will expand and find it easier to get their produce to market domestically and internationally.