[Place of publication not identified] : Congressional Research Service, 2014.
22 pages : color maps ; 30 cm.
Summary: “Afghanistan is the world’s primary source of opium poppy cultivation and opium and heroin production, as well as a major global source of cannabis (marijuana) and cannabis resin (hashish). Drug trafficking, a long-standing feature of Afghanistan’s post-Taliban political economy, is linked to corruption and insecurity, and provides a source of illicit finance for non-state armed groups. Based on recent production and trafficking trends, the drug problem in Afghanistan appears to be worsening—just as the U.S. government finalizes plans for its future relationship with the government of Afghanistan in 2015 and beyond and reduces its counternarcotics operational presence in the country to Kabul…”—(page summary).
English
Drug traffic – Afghanistan. Hashish use – Afghanistan. Drug control – Afghanistan. Drug abuse – Afghanistan – Prevention. Cannabis cultivation – Afghanistan. Drug abuse surveys – Afghanistan.
Pamphlet HV5840. / A23. / R684 2014
Library of Congress Classification / Monograph
3ACKU000548189
Cover title. “May 9, 2014”. “Congressional Research Service ; Informing the legislative debate since 1914”—at head of title.