Where is the proof that all of the opium producing poppies in Afghanistan is being used for medicine not drugs

Answer 1

Afghanistan's opium production is approaching record levels. A new United Nations report says drug production has shot up more than 60 per cent in the past year.
The hardline Taliban regime, which ruled Afghanistan until 2001, greatly reduced opium poppy cultivation. However, under the rule of the new democratically elected president, Hamid Karzai, opium production is approaching record highs, with poppies now being grown in all of Afghanistan's 32 provinces.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that opium cultivation has increased by 64 per cent in the last year alone.





The current crop is valued at $2.8 billion US, an amount equal to more than 60 per cent of Afghanistan's gross domestic product.

Afghanistan is now the leading producer of opium in the world, providing three quarters of all global supplies.

UN officials say fears are high that the country will degenerate into a "narco-state" and have voiced concerns of the strong links between drugs and terrorism.

Edit: Another reason for installing a puppet government in Afghanistan, Republicans,Drugs and Oil....sounds like a song title don't it?

Answer 2

The only country legally growing the opium for pharmaceutical purposes is India {it is grown in a certain designated area in Himalayan Foothills in uttar pardesh province} since the British days.The opium grown in Afghanistan goes to either Pakistan or Central Asian countries and turned into Heroin.Pakistani Army Brass and Tribal chiefs of North west Frontier province are all involved with this Including Taliban Al queida and some American Agencies

Answer 3

Drugs are medicine, according to the FDA. A drug is a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease.

You mean illicit drugs.