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COMMENTS: Cuppa Tea Takes the Edge Off
Mandy Clark, CBS' newly hired correspondent in Afghanistan, corrected any misconception that its opium poppies may be primarily an export crop, fueling the globe's heroin habit. She quoted United Nations estimates that at least one million of the local population are addicted to the drug. For poor women with many children, opium tea "suppresses hunger pains, is cheaper than a meal." Both mother and children routinely drink it.
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