New Survey Reveals Steep Drops in Opium Production and Cultivation in Afghanistan / Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press08/102408.html
"The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has released the results of the 2008 U.S. Government Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation and Opium Production Estimate. After two straight years of record opium production, the estimate has found that potential opium production in Afghanistan has declined steeply—by 31 percent—to 5,500 metric tons, down from 8,000 metric tons in 2007."