Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium, is also a major producer of cannabis. These are the findings of the Afghanistan Cannabis Survey, the first ever UNODC report on cannabis in Afghanistan, which was released today.
The Survey estimates that between 10,000 and 24,000 ha of cannabis plant are grown in Afghanistan every year.
While other countries have even larger cannabis cultivation, the astonishing yield of the Afghan cannabis crop (145kg/ha of hashish, the resin produced from cannabis, as compared to around 40 kg/ha in Morocco) makes Afghanistan the world’s biggest producer of hashish, estimated at between 1,500 and 3,500 tons a year, said UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa.
Afghanistan Cannabis Survey
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