What is driving the illicit opium trade

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Problem: Is poverty driving the Afghani opium production? The 2008 UNODC Discussion Paper, "Is poverty driving the Afghan opium boom," states that it is not; however, it is now nearly eight years since this academic paper was written, and the UNODC reports in its 2015 World Drug Facts report, that opium production continues at a healthy rate. What is driving the illicit opium trade?

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