The High Costs of Afghanistan’s Opium Economy
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![An Afghan police officer walks across the field as his fellow uses a tractor to destroy poppy crops in Lashkargah, Afghanistan's Helmand province, during poppy eradication operations. (AP/Abdul Khaleq)]()
The High Costs of Afghanistan’s Opium Economy
If policymakers ignore the Afghan opiate trade, Afghanistan will become even weaker, writes Jennifer Quigley-Jones.