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What impact does Afghanistan have on the world's supply of heroin? What does heroin production have to do with the economy of Afghanistan? How is heroin production tied to terrorism? What would you propose as a solution to this problem?

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Afghanistan has a tremendous impact on the world's supply of heroin, due to the fact that Afghanistan supplies the largest proportion of the world's opium, as well as due to the fact that heroin is derived from the poppy of opium. This relationship between Afghanistan's supply of opium to the world, and the fact that heroin is a derivative of opium, serves to make Afghanistan a key player ...

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