Unholy Alliance ~ 5 of 6

This episode examines the relationship between the drug trade and war, detailing the involvement of the CIA in Vietnam and Afghanistan during the Cold War.From almost zero production before the Afghan/Soviet war began in 1979, the Golden Crescent of Afghanistan and Pakistan has grown into the world's largest producer of heroin. This year it will produce 300 to 500 tons of pure white powder with a wholesale value in the United States of $50 billion. According to State Department figures, there is a current glut in supply, with worldwide production ten times the level it was in the 1970s. despite massive outlays on interdiction and other means to control it.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• heroin
• drugs
• drug
• war
• trade
• CIA
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• US
• Mujahideen
• DEA
• agents
• opium
• ISI