In the past decade, some of our biggest national struggles did not come from homeland issues, but rather far overseas. Any channel you turn to these days, you’ll find one story or another of our problems with the country of Afghanistan, whether it is threats, the Taliban, aid money, human rights, or our soldiers in danger. Now, we are facing another dilemma. An article titled “Failings in War on Afghan Drugs” found on BBC News stated that Afghanistan is now the producer of approximately 90% of the worlds opium, doubling from last year.
Though the knowledge of our source to our world drug problem seems grand, simple elimination of the crop will create a greater economical instability not only in Afghanistan, but world wide. Killing the plants will create enormous job loss on an already struggling nation, farms the Taliban power over will see violence from the demands of the Taliban over the farmers. Farmers will be forced to find jobs in the cities, having no knowledge or experience in that lifestyle. High demand for jobs, crowding, and crime will flood the cities.
Eliminating the opium will not only affect Afghanistan, but other nations as well. With the decrease in the supply of opium will increase the demand as well as increase price. Both high demand and higher prices lead to crime.
Do they eliminate the drug, the farmers who were unable to survive in the city will be forced to grow the plant somehow else, creating an even bigger black market and great governmental resistance.
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