TIL the CIA airdropped modified poppy seeds between 2004-2015 to weaken Afghanistan's opium trade, which accounted for the majority of global heroin
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During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Russian soldiers were trading weapons for hashish. The Soviets later sold it in western countries to obtain their hard currency.