Heroin Flow Continues

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Pubdate: Wed, 26 Jun 2002
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2002 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: Carlotta Gall

AFGHANISTAN: HEROIN FLOW CONTINUES

Afghanistan remains the world's top supplier of heroin to Europe and 
produces most of the opium-based drugs consumed in Central Asia, a senior 
United Nations official said. Despite efforts by the new government to cut 
down on opium production, Afghanistan still supplies 70 to 90 percent of 
heroin that reaches Europe, and supplies about nine million addicts in the 
world, said Bernard Frahi, head of the United Nations Drug Control Program.
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