Green | December 07, 2005 | Comment on this video (14)

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Kaj Larsen follows the heroin trail from Afghanistan to Washington D.C.
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    • So, I just returned from Afghanistan again, and let me tell you what incredible progress has been made on this front. Oh, wait, by progress I mean the drug traffickers. The opium production cycle is intact and growing. No signs of slowing down anytime.

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    • The infamous scene from the movie "Trainspotting" where ¬ñ with the baby, yeah, you know. (for more mature audiences)

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    • Substances derived from the poppy plant continue to manifest themselves in a variety of drugs. The latest is what's being called "cheese heroin" ¬ñ a $2 blend of Mexican black tar heroin and crushed over-the-counter medications.

    • 4 years ago
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    • Another story that describes the recent increased use of heroin in Afghanistan, where 90 percent of heroin in the world originates.

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    • Afghanistan has stepped up poppy eradication efforts in 2007 after producing record amounts of the plant in 2006.

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    • Afghanistan has been trying to seek help from NATO to alleviate its widespread corruption problems, which often aid the heroin trade.

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    • Heroin addiction is no longer limited to export and trade to the West, however, as more and more Afghanis are riding the white horse.

    • 4 years ago
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    • A 1972 documentary film that traces the history of the opium trade through to contemporary heroin trafficking, narrated by Paul Newman.

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    • Trailer for the documentary film "Invisible," which explores the growth of heroin use and its effects in Eastern Europe in the late 1990s.

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    • Some experts believe that the growth of the heroin trail has resulted in increased HIV/AIDS rates in many countries.

    • 4 years ago
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