• XTornado@lemmy.mlEnglish
    48·
    1 year ago

    TLDR: The unprecedented fall in cultivation follows the Taliban’s decision to prohibit the growing of poppies for opium in April last year.

    • zzzzzz@lemmy.mlEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      Is the implication that the US did not prohibit growing poppies for opium?

      Edit: Apparently, this is true per the article OP linked below.

    • quickenEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      And a high demand in wheat thanks to the Ukraine war

      • XTornado@lemmy.mlEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Idk… I have as a priority to not make angry the Talibans if they are with me but maybe that’s just me.