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Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer (Photo: Mohammad Hamidi)

MEPs want to turn Afghan opium into painkillers

The European Parliament has proposed turning Afghanistan's massive poppy crop into legal opium-based pain-killers in order to enhance stability and reduce poverty in the conflict-torn country.

On Thursday (25 October), MEPs adopted a report which urged member states to devise and submit a plan to the Afghan government aimed at controlling drug production in Afghanistan.

This plan should include a pilot project aimed at turning the illicit production of the narcotic into legal anal...

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Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer (Photo: Mohammad Hamidi)

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