90 percent of the opiates smuggled on to the black market in Russia originated from Afghanistan.
Tag: Afghanistan Economy
Information on the black market in Afghanistan. Primarily focused on the opium trade.
Opium farmers claim poverty
28.7 percent of opium farmers claimed poverty alleviation as the reason for growing opium in Afghanistan.
Opium farmers claim poverty
28.7 percent of opium farmers claimed poverty alleviation as the reason for growing opium in Afghanistan.
Drug users in Afghanistan in 2008
4 percent of the population, or 920,000 people, are estimated drug users in Afghanistan.
Drug users in Afghanistan in 2008
4 percent of the population, or 920,000 people, are estimated drug users in Afghanistan.
Opium cultivation increases after Taliban
Opium poppy cultivation has increased on average by 34 percent every year since the Taliban was disposed of in 2001.
Cannabis from Afghanistan
According to the United Nations, Afghanistan is the world’s biggest supplier of cannabis.
Afghanistan controls opium market
90 percent of the world’s opium supply was produced by Afghanistan in 2007, according to the UN.
Taliban Earnings from Drugs in 2008
In early 2008, the Taliban was earning $100 Million in drug trafficking revenue by taxing opium farmers in Afghanistan.
Opium harvesting bettern then wheat
In an article about the drug eradication program in The New Yorker, writer Jon Lee Anderson reported on the price difference for farmers harvesting opium. According to interviews with local Afghan farmers, a farmer is able to receive “about thirty-three dollars from an acre of wheat, and between five hundred and seven hundred dollars from an acre of poppies.”