Hard habit to break / Joanna Shayer

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2008Subject(s): In: The World Today Vol 64 no 4, April 2008, pp.7-9Summary: In Afghanistan opium production is rising (8200 tons in 2007) and the country is one of the world's largest producers of hashish. Illegal drugs account for half of GDP. This article looks at the problems of eradication, endemic corruption spawned by drug money, the lack of a coherent or effective policy, and the concern that NATO is focusing too narrowly on military solutions.
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In Afghanistan opium production is rising (8200 tons in 2007) and the country is one of the world's largest producers of hashish. Illegal drugs account for half of GDP. This article looks at the problems of eradication, endemic corruption spawned by drug money, the lack of a coherent or effective policy, and the concern that NATO is focusing too narrowly on military solutions.

NATO, AFGHAN

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