Before the Canadian involvement in Afghanistan in 2001, the drug consumption was mainly Opium and it was frequent. The authorities are a big part of the consumption. Poppy, the base of Opium, is dreadful in this case considering the authorities consume it during work hours and normal citizens during their day-time activities. The fact that they consume drugs in the middle of the day affects their decision taking and judgment. Another sad fact is that they get their hands on this drug from the Taliban, the group whom they should actually be against. This is blatant proof and a loud announcement saying ¨We are corrupt¨. Don’t get us wrong, it’s not everyone that possesses farms of Poppy or bags of Opium in their house, but it’s a large majority. It amplifies into something extremely detailed, which is great because it captivates attention internationally. The only way to prevent this tendency to continue is with military help. Yet it seems that with time, they haven’t been able to stop it one hundred percent and it seems that they focus on other major points and generally they seem just to be there for war. Eight percent of the Afghan population turns to drugs in sticky situations. With the process of changing Opium (Afghans produce 90 to 95% of the worldwide quantity of Opium) into Heroin in Afghan laboratories, the revenues are bigger since it’s a more expensive drug, which gives the producers the taste of staying in this illegal industry. If the tendency continues, Afghanistan could become a Heroin factory. The people who get income from drug production and sale are using this money for other bad causes like armory and weapon buying. All this does is cause injury and deaths while partially solving the problem. This is a lose-lose situation for the Canadian troops.
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