It seems like a lot of people don't know that prior to the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban controlled regions had reduced opium poppy production by 99%,

It seems like a lot of people don't know that prior to the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban controlled regions had reduced opium poppy production by 99%, which was 75% of the global supply: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanista... Just a coincidence I suppose.