https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2023/November/...
You know when the opium production numbers started to rise, in earlier times (according to the same statistics)? 2004. Correlates with:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80...
They may be local but in society like afghan one that can have various meaning too since there are many distinct clans who often openly fight each other. Ie British previously loved in their colonies to give power to some minority to focus hatred within locals and keep eyes from their exploitation business. Quite a few of that caused some recent conflicts in Africa.