http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030625/wl_nm/un_drugs_dc_1 hmm, Taliban's gone now and heroin's up? nevermind the tens of millions Duyba's brain trust bestowed on them 2 fight drugs, now they're gone and the Spec Forces, CIA Black Ops teams & ISI have been alleged to turn the other way to northern alliance war/drug lord smuggling dope. Heroin virtually disappeared through most of the excess laden 80's yet made a come back mysteriously in the early 90's. Here's one connecting the dots b/w the efficacy/willingness of the controlling parties in the rugged Afghan poppy routes & the level of heroin accessibility on the streets.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3033248.stm Britain foreign secretary acknowledges drug problem