Afghanistan's Drugs

Heroin

• Heroin is a narcotic derived from the poppy plant or as scientifically called the "Papever somniferum"
• This plant is grown mainly in and around the Golden Crescent of the middle east

Heroin

Opium

• Opium is a sticky sap that comes out of the poppy plants that are ripe and ready for harvest
• This sticky sap has been around for more than 6000 years and has been cultivated to induce happiness
• Because of this effect its first intentional use was for successful pain killing
• But instead is abused and turned into Morphine and Heroin

Opium

Its Impact and Abuse

• Farmers in Afghanistan are accountable for about 9 tenths of the worlds opium reserve and production
• Because this drug is dangerously addictive and a stump to Afghanistan's political progress, many attempts have been made to try and eradicate it

The "Five Pillar Plan"

• Its the U.S.'s attempt at destroying Opium
• To do that the DEA turned its presence in Afghanistan to full focus
• This allowed them to destroy Opium labs and arrest drug traffickers in order to bring down the production of it
• When the Taliban took over they banned the cultivation of this drug but when they were over thrown it sparked production greater than ever before

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