A new United Nations report finds that opium-poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is now 20 percent lower than it was in 2017. The report noted a lack of rainfall and falling prices of dry opium across the country. The dried latex form of the poppy plant can be used to make heroin and other opioid drugs. Afghanistan is the world’s leading producer of opium-poppy. The new report said the total land area for growing the plants decreased to 263,000 hectares from an estimated 328,000 hectares in 2017. Yet it was still the second highest measurement for Afghanistan since the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, began keeping records in 1994. The potential opium production fell by 29 percent to 6,400 tons from an estimated 9,000 tons in 2017.
Title: UN: Afghan Opium Production Has Dropped
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Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, began keeping records in 1994.</span> <span data-start-time='79917' data-end-time='94688'>The potential opium production fell by 29 percent to 6,400 tons from an estimated 9,000 tons in 2017.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/B49C15BB-1C8A-4E8C-9FBF-300CADE6D1E3_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11971 data-hint-location='79917' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/what_is_potential.wav'>What is potential?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='something that can happen'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/someone_who_treats_illnesses_in_animals.wav'><span>someone who treats illnesses in animals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/something_that_can_never_happen.wav'><span>something that can never happen</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/someone_who_works_in_a_financial_field.wav'><span>someone who works in a financial field</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/something_that_can_happen.wav'><span>something that can happen</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11972 data-hint-location='34354' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/afghanistan_is_the_worlds_leading_producer_of_what.wav'>Afghanistan is the worlds leading producer of what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='opium-poppy'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/opiumpoppy.wav'><span>opium-poppy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/wheat.wav'><span>wheat</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/sugarcane.wav'><span>sugarcane</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/peppermint.wav'><span>peppermint</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=11973 data-hint-location='24208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/the_dried_latex_form_of_the_poppy_plant_can_be_used_to_make_heroin_and_other_opioid__blank_.wav'>The dried latex form of the poppy plant can be used to make heroin and other opioid <span class='blank'>drugs</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='drugs'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/medicines.wav'><span>medicines</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/food.wav'><span>food</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/fabrics.wav'><span>fabrics</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2977/drugs.wav'><span>drugs</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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