Rise In Opium Price Will Cause Violence & Chaos

The price of opium cultivated in Afghanistan is expected to rise due to a reduction in supply and a hike in demand, which will lead to more violence in the country, according to an Afghan official.


On Tuesday, Afghan Counter Narcotics Minister Zarar Ahmad Muqbel Osmani said that the fall in supply as a result of eradication efforts by the Afghan authorities and the destruction of poppy bulbs by a fungus will increase demand, forcing the government to intensify its campaign against the drug trade, which in turn will cause more violence and push the price higher, Reuters reported.

"The price hike will definitely pressure us a lot. The tendency towards cultivation will grow, it will create resistance, law and order issues, and it will raise the casualty rate," he stated...........................

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Where does the Afghan heroin/opium go? Europe and Asia?

All the DEA reports I'd seen made it seem like the US east coast dope was primarily coming from Colombia and the tar was coming from Mexico.


Not saying it doesn't make it over this way. Geographically it would seem more cost effective that most of it would be headed to Europe.

Yeah most of it goes west to other Middle East countries, Europe and Africa. Asia/Oceania get #4 from SE Asia and America gets tar from Mexico and #4 from South America.

Linking price of drug and efforts to eradicate it as causing violence and other social ills rather than the drug causing them with its inherent evil?

What good reporting, a sensical article.

Its silly how they realize their efforts are only making matters more confusing. What they're doing is not going to stop people from producing opium and then heroin. As long as there is a demand for a drug, it will most likely be met by someone willing to take the risk to make the money.

I watched a documentary once where this poppy farmer discussed how he was able to support his family much, much better by working with heroin traffickers than he would be if he used his land for regular crops.

anybody should understand that somebody jjust wants to provide a better life for their family.. just like mexicans risking their life to come here, if you had a lifetime dream would you not do whatever you could to make it happin.. let alone just feed your family and put clothes on their back

^ Agreed Paper Planes, people will take risks to seek a better life for themselves and their families. I don't think that the people fighting against these people fully understand why they are doing it. Opium farmers don't grow poppies because they want to see people become dependent on heroin, they do it so they and their families can eat well.

AFAIK, the crops in Central Asia are not being destroyed, just diverted. A lot of pharmaceutical companies are now buying up the opium stock coming out of Afghanistan to make medical grade medicines. It's one of the deals the U.S. got when it occupied Afghanistan.

Even before this though, opium from Afghanistan did not come to the U.S., for the most part.