The Role of the Taliban in the International Drug Trade

Written by Michael Brown | Jul 7, 2022 3:27:38 PM

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Welcome to The Opioid Matrix: A Journey Into The Rabbit Hole. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the International Side of the war on drugs.

In our conversation with Michael Brown, Counter-Narcotics Interdiction Business Development Director at Rigaku Analytical Devices, we talk about:

How the Taliban “banned” opium essentially controlling the market and converting their reserves into heroin.
How this market control has directly led to an increase of methamphetamine production in the country.
How heroin and meth produced in Afghanistan is finding its way into Europe via the Balkan Route.

Views expressed in this material are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Rigaku Analytical Devices.

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