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[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.