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In a report released this week, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced that Afghanistan is now the world's largest cannabis producer, surpassing Morocco. Afghanistan is already well ...

Danny Danko travels in search of the mysterious truth behind the murky history of the legendary cannabis variety known as the Kush. The disputed region known as the Hindu Kush shares its boundaries ...

With Afghanistan’s opium output now breaking all previous records, it seems that hashish continues to remain an important sideline for the country’s warring factions—and to hear the US tell it, it’s ...

Frustrated by government attacks on their opium poppy crops, a growing number of farmers in Afghanistan are turning to a lucrative alternative that is just as illegal: cannabis, the source of ...