Afghan Heroin: The Lost War is a documentary which investigates how the war on terror in Afghanistan has unleashed heroin into the mainstream.
Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on Earth. Some 90 per cent of the drug is grown in Afghanistan and this hard hitting documentary investigates how the War on Terror has inadvertently unleashed a massive supply of the deadly drug.
After the Western coalition troops started their hunt for terrorist Osama Bin Laden and his Taliban allies in late 2001, the country torn apart from decades of war once more became the world’s opium growing capital.
Many impoverished farmers had no choice but to grow the opium poppy to feed their families.
The documentary delve into the devastating effects of addiction that includes shocking scenes of a young Norwegian couple hustling, scoring and shooting up several times a day in order to appease the monster inside them.
May 30, 2011 at 12:42 am | Fghfgh
Shit doc, full of prohibitionist propaganda.
June 8, 2011 at 12:30 pm | Gizmohamus
prohibitionist propaganda lol goodone Fghfgh
June 13, 2011 at 4:12 am | Ricopericle
what a load of old arse… really
June 13, 2011 at 4:12 am | Ricopericle
what a load of old arse… really
June 21, 2011 at 2:33 pm | guester
“Inadvertently”
June 23, 2011 at 3:33 am | Nicky
I wouldnt say its prohibitionist propaganda. They make it quite clear that the system in Norway is far better than locking people up. Anyways since the war on drugs isnt beeing won, and opium production is increasing again because afghanis need some way to make money. I would suggest taking this heroin in afghanistan and selling to heroin addicts in special clinics. The heroin would then probably be a lot cleaner, which wouldnt lead to the decrease in life expectancy of the addicts. Also it would be a lot cheaper since theres no criminal middlemen aka the Taliban making huge profits off it. It seems like common sense to end the war on drugs, since it prevents criminal gangs and terrorist organization from getting funding. Also it helps us find out who addicts are, give them clean drugs allow them to live longer lives, less crime and in the end the taxpayer pays less for a war on terror and a war on drugs!
June 23, 2011 at 3:33 am | Nicky
I wouldnt say its prohibitionist propaganda. They make it quite clear that the system in Norway is far better than locking people up. Anyways since the war on drugs isnt beeing won, and opium production is increasing again because afghanis need some way to make money. I would suggest taking this heroin in afghanistan and selling to heroin addicts in special clinics. The heroin would then probably be a lot cleaner, which wouldnt lead to the decrease in life expectancy of the addicts. Also it would be a lot cheaper since theres no criminal middlemen aka the Taliban making huge profits off it. It seems like common sense to end the war on drugs, since it prevents criminal gangs and terrorist organization from getting funding. Also it helps us find out who addicts are, give them clean drugs allow them to live longer lives, less crime and in the end the taxpayer pays less for a war on terror and a war on drugs!
July 15, 2011 at 1:58 pm | dave
look i was in afghanistan from 09 to 10 and u have no idea how many U.S., British, French soldiers are using H everyday i was one of em. thats the shit the Gov don’t want u to know
July 15, 2011 at 1:58 pm | dave
look i was in afghanistan from 09 to 10 and u have no idea how many U.S., British, French soldiers are using H everyday i was one of em. thats the shit the Gov don’t want u to know
July 15, 2011 at 1:58 pm | dave
look i was in afghanistan from 09 to 10 and u have no idea how many U.S., British, French soldiers are using H everyday i was one of em. thats the shit the Gov don’t want u to know
August 2, 2011 at 1:12 am | Brian Kerr
National Geographic should be ashamed of this total political and drug war propaganda.
Disgusting actually.
August 2, 2011 at 1:12 am | Brian Kerr
National Geographic should be ashamed of this total political and drug war propaganda.
Disgusting actually.
August 2, 2011 at 1:12 am | Brian Kerr
National Geographic should be ashamed of this total political and drug war propaganda.
Disgusting actually.
August 2, 2011 at 1:12 am | Brian Kerr
National Geographic should be ashamed of this total political and drug war propaganda.
Disgusting actually.
August 10, 2011 at 1:17 am | The blame game..
I keep hearing “Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan”, but one fact remains; Every one of those individuals made the choice to stick a needle in their arm – they would have done it no matter where it came from..
August 10, 2011 at 1:17 am | The blame game..
I keep hearing “Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan”, but one fact remains; Every one of those individuals made the choice to stick a needle in their arm – they would have done it no matter where it came from..
September 1, 2011 at 4:16 pm | Marie
pure heroin in Europe is a myth the UK has heroin that is only 5% pure at most and most overdoses are first time users or users mixing benzos and heroin so how many times has it been jumped on since it left Afghanistan is anyone’s guess.
September 21, 2011 at 5:01 pm | Me
The US invades a country where drug production had all but ceases under the Taliban(look it up)…and then the US begins to be flooded with H…and you people think it’s the Afghan farmers who are responsible…LOL
Watch Fox and CNN much?…
September 21, 2011 at 5:01 pm | Me
The US invades a country where drug production had all but ceases under the Taliban(look it up)…and then the US begins to be flooded with H…and you people think it’s the Afghan farmers who are responsible…LOL
Watch Fox and CNN much?…
September 21, 2011 at 5:01 pm | Me
The US invades a country where drug production had all but ceases under the Taliban(look it up)…and then the US begins to be flooded with H…and you people think it’s the Afghan farmers who are responsible…LOL
Watch Fox and CNN much?…
September 27, 2011 at 3:51 am | TNS
Heroin is not a natural substance. It is created in a laboratory. Heroin was invented in the western world. Heroin is made in the western world. Heroin is bought, sold and used ….in the western world. The inventors were looking for a non addictive replacement for the pain relief drug morphine. It turned out to be the more addictive. The plant shown in this movie is opium. Rarely does it ever reach the western world. To try and blame Afghanistan or any other country is like blaming Japan for the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Find a good quality book on medical history and look it up. Thanks for listening TNS
September 29, 2011 at 9:51 am | Kalie Coverdill
Thanks for my daily dose of war-on-drugs propaganda, National Geographic, you fucked up.
December 25, 2011 at 11:57 pm | Mark
I don’t disagree, or agree but if you so label this documentary and most documentaries about Afghanistan as “Propaganda” what is the real story ?
Easy to watch this documentary and point finger !