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Title: Simulating the Afghanistan-Pakistan opium supply chain

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This paper outlines an opium supply chain using the Hilmand province of Afghanistan as exemplar. The opium supply chain model follows the transformation of opium poppy seed through cultivation and chemical alteration to brown heroin base. The purpose of modeling and simulating the Afghanistan-Pakistan opium supply chain is to discover and test strategies that will disrupt this criminal enterprise.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1003808
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-10-02180; LA-UR-10-2180
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 20105244; Conference: AHFE International Conference 2010 ; July 17, 2010 ; Miami, FL
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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