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Bitter Harvest

Photo Essay - Central Asia Drug Trade



Poppy Farmers

Poppy Farmers
A young Afghan girl harvests opium in Nangahar Province. Afghan farmers collect about $180 million per year from the opium trade, according to the U.N. Drug Control Programme (UNDCP). Opium profits for farmers are five times higher than profits for wheat, Afghanistan's second biggest cash crop.



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Photo: Amir Shah/ Associate Press
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