Afghan Opium Yields Highest Ever

American VoicesWorld ISSUE 43•36 Sep 3, 2007

Cultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan reached a record level for the second year in a row, rising by 60 percent. What do you think?

  • “I think I'll wait another year to join NA, just to see how this thing pans out.”

    Kevin Elliott –
    Corporate Librarian

  • “I just don't understand how Afghanistan can be such a depressing place with all that opium around.”

    Regina Davis –
    Photographer's Assistant

  • “Finally, the Darwinian population control variable we've been waiting for.”

    Raphael Jurwicz –
    Systems Analyst

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