Another good job done by W.
March 5, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C.
More than three years after a pro-US government was installed, Afghanistan has been unable to contain opium poppy production and is ''on the verge of becoming a narcotics state," a federal report said yesterday. The area devoted to poppy cultivation last year was 206,700 hectares, more than triple the 2003 figure. It produced 4,950 metric tons of opium. The report also said Colombia is the source of more than 90 percent of the cocaine and 50 percent of the heroin in the United States. (AP)