U.S.: Making The World Ripe For...Opium

Opium Production Soars in Afghanistan

A new United Nations report has found opium production in Afghanistan has jumped by nearly 50 percent over the past year. Afghanistan now accounts for 92 percent of the world's illicit opium production. Much of the opium is converted into heroin and morphine and distributed around the world.

Source: Democracy Now, June 26, 2007