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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

TLDR: The unprecedented fall in cultivation follows the Taliban’s decision to prohibit the growing of poppies for opium in April last year.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is the implication that the US did not prohibit growing poppies for opium?

Edit: Apparently, this is true per the article OP linked below.

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