The United States Government, INC is a criminal agency that imports drugs and then arrests its people for using said drugs. It creates the problems, waits for the reaction, then provides the solution which 99.9% of the time ends up with more government power, money, or control (or all the above).

We The People have been asleep at the wheel FAR TOO LONG.

An educated guess because US govt has done it before.

Likely US alphabet agency had to make "deals" with the local warlords to help the "war".

Just like the 80s, smart warlords asked to protected transportation.

I have a feeling the heroin production in Afghanistan is largely pointed toward Russia, they have a massive opiate problem and flooding supply/driving down prices worsens it exponentially, especially considering the countries are relatively close.

"exploited" more like created.

I'm pretty sure nobody bought weed from Mexico since 1975.

what was one of the first things the U.S. military was tasked with when they invaded Afghanistan?

the Taliban pretty much eliminated poppy growing and had the farmers growing food, but after the invasion production shot right back up

this heroin is routed through Turkey and supplies ~80% of Europe's needs according to Sibel Edmonds and others

never seriously looked into the gap between the Iran-Contra drugs for guns scandle and Afghanistan, but i'd bet my ass this shit never stopped - simply too much money in it and the CIA certainly uses some of that money to fund off the book illegal operations without congressional oversight

Why do you think we had all those troopers guarding poppy fields?

Never ceases to amaze me what the US Government is mixed up in.

well we are in control of the largest opium producing place in the world.