TY - BOOK AU - Mansfield,David AU - editing Ann Buxbaum AU - layout Ahmad Sear Alamyar ED - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU). TI - “From bad they made it worse” : : the concentration of opium poppy in areas of conflict in the provinces of Helmand and Nangarhar / T2 - (Case study) AV - Pamphlet HV5840. A23. PY - 2014/// CY - Kabul, Afghanistan : PB - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), KW - Drug control KW - Afghanistan KW - Opium trade KW - Narcotics, Control of KW - Afghanistan. KW - History KW - Drug abuse KW - Prevention KW - Drug traffic N1 - Cover title. “May 2014” ; “12 years of high-quality research”—cover page; “AREU research for a better Afghanistan”—cover page; Contents: Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Methodology—3. Nangarhar : the dispersal of political power—4. Helmand : turning deserts into flowers—5. Conclusion—Bibliography N2 - Summary: “Levels of the drug crop cultivation have long been seen as an indicator of the success or failure of counternarcotics efforts. However, to rely on this indicator is to misunderstand the socioeconomic and political processes that support farmers moving out of opium poppy cultivation, as well as the limited scope of many interventions currently categorized and budgeted as…”—(pages 2) ER -