The Country I chose is Afghanistan, and its Opium exports to the U.S. Afghanistan itself is the mass producer of opium in the world (Gorman, 2022). Opium is used to produce heroin, and a huge portion of the economy in Afghanistan depends on the drug trade. Opium is brought to the U.S. through various methods, whether it is through air, sea and land. It can travel from country to country before reaching the U.S. (DEA, 2024). One example of this is that the travel starts from Afghanistan, goes to Turkey, France and then to the U.S.. This is just one way of travel, there are many many more. They can get smuggled through containers, air freights, through luggage, mail packages, and many other discreet ways (UNODC, 2015). In regards to eradicating the importation of Opium, the U.S. itself has many agencies working together. As we have learned, agencies are constantly working with one another sharing information and so on. The DEA , Customs and Border Protection, are just two agencies of many that are battling this drug issue. sources