Disputes - international none

Illicit drugs illicit cultivation of opium poppy (cultivation in 1997 - 4,000 hectares, a 22% decrease from 1996; potential production - 46 metric tons, about a 15% decrease from 1996) and cannabis continues in spite of increased government

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