The credit goes to the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which in 1937 pushed through laws ending the growth, trade and consumption of all forms of cannabis, including the inert but commercially useful hemp plant.

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Thomas Schweich, the acting U.S. assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, says that under a recently revised strategy against opium, the United States plans to bolster local Afghan officials like Abdul Majid with millions of dollars.

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Pfizer has a global security team including former U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Turkish narcotics agents, Hong Kong police and U.K. law-enforcement personnel to conduct undercover purchases and do other investigations.

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