"Afghans know that corruption is eating at the fabric of their society, " said UNODC regional representative Jean-Luc Lemahieu.
In 2013, the Freedom Project went to Cambodia with Oscar-winning actress and UNODC Goodwill Ambassador against Human Trafficking, Mira Sorvino.
According to a 2012 UNODC report, use among 15-64-year-olds in Iceland of cocaine was 0.9%, of ecstasy 0.5%, and of amphetamines 0.7%.
Cultivation was concentrated in the south and west of the country in areas where "insecurity and organised crime are present", UNODC said.
But, says Jean-Luc Lemahieu, head of the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Kabul, time is something Afghanistan does not have.
The fall came even as the amount of land used to cultivate the crop rose by 18%, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said.
It is an initiative financially sponsored by the Fund for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG-F) composed by the six UN System agencies: UNDP, UNODC, UNESCO, ILO, UN-HABITAT, and UNICEF.
The event is co-hosted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
"Improved living conditions, including greater security and rule of law, should be encouraged in Helmand and nationwide if we are to help poor farming communities to support themselves, " said UNODC's director Yury Fedotov.
UNODC, opium is making a return there too.
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"Traditionally, what we tend to argue is that the demand causes the supply, " says Jean-Luc Lemahieu, regional representative of the UN drugs agency UNODC - one of the few organisations working on drug eradication in Afghanistan.
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