From AlterNet's Top Ten Drug War Stories of 2003:

Under the Taliban regime, which banned opium, annual [Afghan] production bottomed out at 77 tons in 2001, produced only in areas controlled by the Northern Alliance. American military, as part of its "War on Terror," allied with Northern Alliance warlords to overthrow the Taliban regime and keep Al Qaeda at bay. Afghan opium production has since skyrocketed to about 3,600 tons of opium this year, or 75 percent of global production.

Dude, that's a 4,675% increase. Let's assume that we didn't make 3/4 of the world's heroin suppliers disappear in the last two years: either we have a lot more junkies or smack is approaching the price of cat food.
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