Titolo: Afghan Cannabis Farmers See Crop Prices Rise

Descrizione: WAKHIL, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 15: Young marijuana plants grow in a field on May 15, 2011 in Wakhil, in the mountainous upper Panjshir region, Afghanistan. The farmer has been growing cannabis for three years and has seen the prices triple since 2008. This spring he is planting less wheat in order to increase his marijuana crops. Known as the world's largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, Afghanistan has now become the top supplier of cannabis, with large-scale cultivation in half of its provinces, according to a 2010 report by the United Nations. Very soon the UN drug agency (UNODC) will release it's second report on Cannabis, releasing information on the rising price of the crop. Between 10,000 and 24,000 hectares of cannabis are grown every year in Afghanistan much of it made into Hashish, with major cultivation in 17 out 34 provinces. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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