How will Poppy for Medicine projects prevent licensed poppy harvests from being diverted to illicit channels?
A. The most important issue in implementing Poppy for Medicine projects is attaining and maintaining high levels of control. To meet the international and domestic legal requirements regarding the production of poppy-based medicines, and in response to the current security situation and the growing pervasiveness of drug trafficking in Afghanistan, ICOS has developed an Integrated Control System for the Poppy for Medicine projects. The participants in this Integrated Control System are the village-level governance institutions known as shuras; the Afghan governments relevant Ministries and the state-controlled Afghan National Police; and the international communitys development agencies currently operating in Afghanistan. The integration of Afghan villages existing informal local level social control structures with formal government administrative and security oversight, and international development and security institutions will maximise the capacities and aptitude of each for the ef
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