Opium Addiction Within Afghan Society
Afghanistan has seen a high rate of opium addiction among refugees returning from Iran and Pakistan. Afghan filmmaker Jawed Taiman in his film Addicted in Afghanistan attributes this to the presence of U.S. troops, claiming that opium addiction was significantly lower under Communist and Taliban rule. However, there appears to be no credible link between U.S. presence and "Afghan" use of opium.
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