Fertility of Afghan fields hits the Russian nation
According to a report published by the UN, in the 2011 year, Afghan farmers achieved truly record numbers: they were able to increase opium poppy production by as much as 61% compared to 2010. In addition, the area under crops was also increased - by 131 a thousand hectares (more than in 2010-m by 7%). Summing up the income from the production of only one opium over the past year, we can talk about a profit of almost half a billion dollars.
The workers of the Afghan agricultural industry achieved such a “success,” despite the fact that the coalition forces led by the United States waged, they said, a merciless fight against drug production during 10 over the years.
Carsten Jacobson, the official spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, said that the production and sale of drugs is the main source of financial support for the Taliban. General Jacobson noted that this channel has been getting better and better blocked every year. According to the same general, in 2011, it was possible to remove and destroy by 13% opium more than in 2010, hashish - by whole 59%, and marijuana and morphine - in general, by colossal 1208% and 10113% respectively. At the same time, Jacobson did not specify how much it is in real numbers ...
Recall that since the beginning of the American operation in Afghanistan, the production of narcotic drugs has increased 40 times, bringing Afghanistan to the undoubted first place in the production of such goods. Over the years 10, by the most conservative estimates, in this Asian country of drugs produced a fantastic amount of a trillion dollars.
Russia, sadly, is today the leader in heroin consumption from Afghanistan. If we talk about the absolute figures for the consumption of this deadly potion, then Russia accounts for 80 tons of pure heroin per year - 20% of the total world consumption.
Strangely enough, it coincided that for more than 10 years of the occupation of Afghanistan by US troops, drug production has grown at a steady pace. At the same time, the Russian nation suffers from heroin from Afghanistan to a greater extent.
Gennady Onishchenko said that in Russia there is a steady increase in the number of drug addicts, caused by the relatively free access of the population to Afghan heroin. The chief health officer gave advice to the authorities to radically combat this problem.
The workers of the Afghan agricultural industry achieved such a “success,” despite the fact that the coalition forces led by the United States waged, they said, a merciless fight against drug production during 10 over the years.
Carsten Jacobson, the official spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, said that the production and sale of drugs is the main source of financial support for the Taliban. General Jacobson noted that this channel has been getting better and better blocked every year. According to the same general, in 2011, it was possible to remove and destroy by 13% opium more than in 2010, hashish - by whole 59%, and marijuana and morphine - in general, by colossal 1208% and 10113% respectively. At the same time, Jacobson did not specify how much it is in real numbers ...
Recall that since the beginning of the American operation in Afghanistan, the production of narcotic drugs has increased 40 times, bringing Afghanistan to the undoubted first place in the production of such goods. Over the years 10, by the most conservative estimates, in this Asian country of drugs produced a fantastic amount of a trillion dollars.
Russia, sadly, is today the leader in heroin consumption from Afghanistan. If we talk about the absolute figures for the consumption of this deadly potion, then Russia accounts for 80 tons of pure heroin per year - 20% of the total world consumption.
Strangely enough, it coincided that for more than 10 years of the occupation of Afghanistan by US troops, drug production has grown at a steady pace. At the same time, the Russian nation suffers from heroin from Afghanistan to a greater extent.
Gennady Onishchenko said that in Russia there is a steady increase in the number of drug addicts, caused by the relatively free access of the population to Afghan heroin. The chief health officer gave advice to the authorities to radically combat this problem.
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