U.N. Says Afghan Opium Production Down

from National Public Radio

The 2009 Afghan Opium Survey by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime reports that opium production is down by 10 percent and prices are at a 10-year low. Vanda Felbab-Brown, a fellow at the Brookings Institution about, says the figures can be attributed more to market adjustment and less to counternarcotic efforts.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, September 2, 2009