Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says

11-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 54

Afghanistan is the world's fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday. The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even though the Taliban declared a war on narcotics after they returned to power in August 2021.

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