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WORLD NEWS: "U.N. Reports a Decline in Afghanistan's Opium Trade," by Matthew Rosenberg, Wall Street Journal, 2 September 2009.
That's the good news. The bad news is that Afghan officials are getting more involved in the trade, leading to narco-cartel structures similar to Colombia and Myanmar.
The odd part: Afghan production still outstrips global demand, suggesting a stockpiling effort in anticipation of an American-led eradication push. Supposedly, two years worth of global heroin supply is already put aside to deal with this contingency.
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