$250 million = the amount spent just by the US in FY2010 to counter narcotics in Afghanistan
$100 million = the amount earned annually by the Taliban from narcotics trafficking
304,000 acres = the number of acres devoted to opium in 2009
304,000 acres = the number of acres devoted to opium in 2010
$64 per Kg = the price of opium in 2009
$169 per Kg = the price of opium in 2010
Total production of opium did decline, but mainly because of a disease damaging the poppy crop. The spike in prices makes it likely that the number of acres devoted to the crop will increase in 2011.
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