28.7 percent of opium farmers in Afghanistan cite poverty for growing

Posted on May 4, 2008
Filed Under Asia, global drug trade |

28.7 percent of opium farmers claimed poverty alleviation as the reason for growing opium in Afghanistan. 

Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan,” April 2008. 

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