Experts are divided on the consequences of the nationwide ban on poppy production.

In a country where millions go hungry owing to the American-imposed economic sanctions, embargo.

The country’s farms account for more than 80 per cent of the world’s opium production. The impact on the ground has been dramatic.

Afghan poppy production has plummeted by an estimated 80 per cent in the last year as Taliban enforcers move from farm to farm destroying crops and punishing offenders.

Meanwhile, Afghan farmers and others who rely on the poppy trade could be driven to leave the country, further undermining the domestic economy and exacerbating irregular migration pressures on large parts of Europe, Asia and America.

It’s also possible that the gap left by the collapse of the world’s largest opium market could be filled by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids – substances that, through overdose, are killing more young and middle-aged Americans (18-45) than cancer, heart disease or guns.

An excerpt from a report by the telegraph giving much food for thought.

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