Afghanistan produces more than 90 percent of world opium. The drug that flows from Afghanistan to the rest of the world has turned into a headache for governments. But the first victim of the so-huge drug production is Afghans themselves. It is estimated that the number of drug addicts have crossed two million. Meanwhile, the money squeezed from drug trafficking aids insurgents, warlords and criminal gangs.

Drug is really eating Afghanistan from within. It is really unknown how much time our government will take to understand this.

Opium has penetrated deep into the Afghan society. Our youths are increasingly moving astray by becoming addicted to drugs. Every year thousands of deaths are caused inside Afghanistan due to consumption of drugs. The drug from Afghanistan flows into many other countries of world where it causes further destruction to humanity.

The beneficiaries of all the Afghan opium circling around the world are the drug traffickers and the Taliban. Taliban are believed to funding their operations majorly from the opium business and for this purpose they encourage the famers by whatsoever means possible to cultivate poppy in the fields.

Taking opium to kill pain is an old tradition in the villages of Afghanistan. Today too, for many people it is a preferable medicine. Astonishing fact about this tradition is that opium is also given to children and women while they are in pain without knowing the menace of addiction.

Regretfully, drug addicts in Afghanistan include women and children which is a very concerning trend. In Afghanistan, normally, the addiction of women to tobacco or opium has been quite uncommon. But opium and other forms of poppy are widely and easily available with cheap price. This has made women and children more vulnerable to addiction.

Recently the government has talked about decrement of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. There is zero poppy cultivation in a major number of provinces. However, this applies to the peaceful provinces only as in the insecure regions of Afghanistan, poppy is still cultivated with no fear and worries of government.

Even if the graph of poppy production goes drastically down, the Afghan society has been deeply impacted. Drug production by Afghans is killing the Afghans themselves. It is the obligation of the government to take more serious and responsible measures to tackle the opium so that we can live a life free of drugs.