View on YouTubeGlobal Opium Epidemic: Killing Industry of Afghanistan
Almost 30 million people around the world suffer from drug addiction, as according to annual UN report, opioids are named as the most harmful drug type. The document says that the marked increasing global opium production is primarily due to rising poppy yields in Afghanistan. RT’s own Murad Gazdiev with a special report from Afghanistan.

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