The worldwide illicit drugs business is by far the most profitable illicit global trade, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), earning some $320 billion annually. Compared to this, human trafficking at $32 billion and illegal firearms at $1 billion are a drop in the bucket. Afghanistan, producing 92% of the worlds illegal opium from its miles and miles of poppy farms, is by far the worlds largest contributor to the production of illicit heroin and morphine. For millions of addicts around the world, the dark force from Afghanistan that rules their lives can only be overcome through drug rehab.
Not surprisingly, no one has come up with a workable idea on how to stop it. The problem is that the chain of narcodollars reaches from the poppy farms all the way to the highest levels of Afghanistans government, with the Taliban insurgents in the mix in a very big way. At $3.1 billion, the opium trade is the equivalent of a third of the countrys total economy. Last years 6,100 tons of opium was worth $60 billion at street prices, and this year an even larger crop is expected.
As well as keeping the drug barons rich, the drug trade has affected...
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