The country produces three-quarters of the world’s opium, as well as mountains of hashish
in Afghanistan have a new line. The country responsible for growing around three-quarters of the world’s opium, as well as mountains of hashish, is diversifying into methamphetamine. The amount seized by the Afghan authorities is increasing exponentially, says the’s Office on Drugs and Crime. Police hauled in a meagre 4kg in both 2013 and 2014. In the first six months of this year the tally was 650kg.
These days, Mr Mansfield says, many heroin factories in Farah province, on the border with Iran, are also cluttered with buckets full of soaking ephedra leaves, in preparation for making meth. Switching to this plant-based method has halved production costs, he reckons. Meanwhile, farmers tell him, the price of ephedra leaves has tripled in a year.
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