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Bitter Harvest
RESOURCES
BBC News: The Global Drug Trade
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/drugs_trade/default.stm
Read BBC News' in-depth reports from around the world on drug production, trafficking and addiction or check out an interactive drug guide for facts on cannabis, cocaine and heroin.
Central Asia and Caucasus News http://www.eurasianet.org/
This site, affiliated with the Open Society Institute, compiles news on human rights, economics and environment news that affect the countries of Central Asia. In English, Arabic and Russian.
The Drug Trade After the Taliban
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT38LLTPAWC&live=true
THE FINANCIAL TIMES analyzes the U.S. war on drugs in Afghanistan and reports on the main trafficking routes in Iran and Tajikistan.
Drug Trafficking in the U.S.
http://www.usdoj.gov:80/dea/concern/drug_trafficking.html
Find out more about how drugs enter the U.S. in this report by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction
http://www.emcdda.org/
This European Union agency was created in 1993 in response to Europe's escalating drug problem. Get a complete picture of narcotics issues in Europe through their bimonthly newsletter and annual report.
Heroin Movement World Wide
http://www.cia.gov/cia/di/products/cncweb/home.htm
Find out about other opium production regions -- Southeast Asian and Latin America -- and how heroin reaches the U.S. at this Central Intelligence Agency site.
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
http://www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2001/
The U.S. State Department's annual report on global terrorism provides information on groups active in the Central Asian drug trade.
UNDP: Afghanistan Recovery
http://www.undp.org/afghanistan/
See a slide show about the United Nations Development Programme's recovery efforts in Afghanistan or dig into the facts about what the world's largest development organization is doing to build economic alternatives to the opium trade.
United Nations Drug Control Programme
http://www.undcp.org/
The UNDCP is the leading organization fighting the drug trade in Central Asia. Find out about UNDCP drug abuse programs and anti-narcotic projects in Uzbekistan and Pakistan or get statistics on the region's burgeoning drug trade.
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