The U.S. consumes a much greater share of prescription painkillers than its global population share would suggest.
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Afghanistan’s Opium: No End in Sight
Despite U.S. elimination efforts since the 2001 invasion, production of the drug crop is much higher.
The Taliban’s Cash Crop
Opium is an ever-larger source of funds and legitimacy for the once anti-drug Afghan insurgency.