It is seen as a drug for winners, not losers.

Afghanistan s Opium War

Opium is choking Afghan society.

Opium production has increased.

The study found that both raw material production systems (opium and opium straw) had inherent potential for diversion and abuse.

In thermal cauterization, a local anesthetic is used, and then a hot wire is applied.

That was two decades before the first Opium War.

It was long thought that cannabis was a relatively harmless drug, and that concerns about its use were overstated.

Morocco is one of the biggest exporter of hashish worldwide, with an amount of exchanging doubling that of the kingdom's tourism revenues.

In 1853, Victoria gave birth to her eighth child, Leopold, with the aid of the new anaesthetic, chloroform.

NATO troops should be given the green light to help the Afghan army fight opium destroy the heroin labs, disband the opium bazaars, attack the opium convoys, and bring the big traders to justice.

The British, Americans and French fought several naval battles with war junks in the 19th century, during the First Opium War, Second Opium War and in between.

But as with all anesthetics, Draghi s cannot and will not last forever.

Opium money is corrupting Afghan society from top to bottom.

In the Netherlands it is a List 1 drug of the Opium Law.

Moreover, while certain efforts by the Government of Afghanistan have resulted in the reduction of opium cultivation in some regions traditionally famous for opium production, opium cultivation has increased in the regions bordering my country, especially in the Farah province.

While hiding out in the caves of Yenan, Mao became a distributor of opium.

After opium, fruits and nuts are the second most exported item from Afghanistan.

The new Government of Afghanistan has been responding forcefully to the opium threat and, in December 2004, a loya jirga on countering narcotics was convened and reaffirmed the opium poppy ban.

Politics is a game, and power a drug that allows you to rise above ordinary citizens.

The proposal was presented as a security measure to prevent the consumption and trafficking of cocaine paste ( pasta base in Spanish), a popular drug among Uruguayan youth.

Senior government officials take their cut of opium revenues or bribes in return for keeping quiet.

Urges all the Governments of countries where opium poppy has not been cultivated for the licit production of opiate raw materials, in the spirit of collective responsibility, to refrain from engaging in the commercial cultivation of opium poppy, in order to avoid the proliferation of supply sites

Unfortunately, Afghanistan's share of opium production continues to remain high.

Over the next few days she was bled, purged, and operated on, without anaesthetic, but there was no improvement in her condition.

We also endorse the efforts made by the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to end poppy cultivation, to build relevant judicial and police capacity and to provide sustainable alternative livelihoods for those engaged in poppy cultivation.

To this end, he calls on the Government to ensure that, in the interim, the basic needs of former opium farmers are met and sufficient resources allocated to those whose livelihoods depended upon opium generated income.

With record production of an estimated 4,200 tons of opium in Afghanistan, UNODC's 2004 opium cultivation survey registered a 64 per cent increase in the area under cultivation in that country.

Success will also require more funds for reconstruction, development, and alternatives to opium poppy cultivation.

Some speakers expressed concern about the increased level of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

Some speakers expressed concern about the increased level of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

In 2005, Afghanistan contributed roughly 87 per cent of the world total.

Life is not just an anesthetic to make us smile, but to reach out across the abyss of history, to places we have never been, and would have perhaps been, had we not been so lucky.

The Special Rapporteur welcomes the steady and remarkable reduction in opium poppy cultivation.

While the most recent UNODC survey showed a 21 per cent decline in opium cultivation there, in some areas it had increased owing to corruption.

We are pleased to have been able to achieve a 21 per cent reduction in opium poppy cultivation in the current year.

But any solution in Afghanistan depends on eliminating its opium.

(f) A credible, targeted and verified eradication campaign

(f) A credible, targeted and verified eradication campaign

The main countries affected by illicit opium poppy and coca bush cultivation continued to make good progress towards the reduction and elimination of illicit crops. Excluding Afghanistan, the total area under illicit opium poppy cultivation worldwide in 2004 amounted to 32 per cent of the total area under such cultivation in 1994, while potential opium production in 2004 amounted to 29 per cent of that in 1994.

An increase in production of medical opium would address its lack of availability worldwide.

In East Asia and the Pacific, the main achievement was the steady reduction of opium poppy cultivation in the Golden Triangle, a historic achievement that, if sustained, will make a significant contribution to ending opium production in the area.

The use of alcohol or benzodiazepines along with the usual dose of heroin is often the cause of overdose deaths in opiate addicts.

Afghanistan remains the world's largest supplier of opium, producing 87 per cent of the world's opium.

Armed convoys transport raw opium around the country unhindered.