this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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TLDR: The unprecedented fall in cultivation follows the Taliban’s decision to prohibit the growing of poppies for opium in April last year.
Is the implication that the US did not prohibit growing poppies for opium?
Edit: Apparently, this is true per the article OP linked below.