'Raw Opium' Explores Mixed Results of Global Efforts to...

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'Raw Opium' Explores Mixed Results of Global Efforts to Stem Trafficking

In "Raw Opium," filmmakers Robert Lang and Peter Findlay travel to the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan to document the illicit global trade of heroin's raw material. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.

AIR DATE 9/29/11

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