Afghanistan continues to monopolize the global industry in illegal opium and is increasingly capable on its own territory of processing the poppy into heroin and morphine, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warned June 25. The more sophisticated drug production means there is also greater risk now that Afghans will become heroin or opium addicts, UNODC represent…
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