Total U.S. spending on poppy eradication and other antidrug efforts in Afghanistan last year: $780,000,000 [U.S. Department of State]
Amount it would have cost to purchase the country’s entire 2004 poppy crop: $600,000,000
Total U.S. spending on poppy eradication and other antidrug efforts in Afghanistan last year: $780,000,000 [U.S. Department of State]
Amount it would have cost to purchase the country’s entire 2004 poppy crop: $600,000,000