Amazon Quiz (March 1, 2022): Which country is the world’s largest producer of opium, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime?
Afghanistan
Nigeria
Egypt
Colombia
Answer: Afghanistan
According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) research report on ‘The drug situation in Afghanistan 2021 – latest findings and emerging threats’, Afghan opiates supplied eight out of ten users worldwide, while Afghanistan accounted for 85 per cent of global opium production in 2020.
This amount of production has undermined the efforts of the war-afflicted nation from being the hub of the global drug trade. In 2021, the Taliban-run country has produced 6,800 tons in 2021.
“UNODC’s new research brief on the 2021 opium harvest, completed in July, and the overall drug situation in Afghanistan highlights the urgent need for international assistance to promote sustainable reductions in illicit drug cultivation, production and demand , as part of overall UN support to the people of Afghanistan,” said UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly.
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