? The ME is largely desert. Afghanistan, Pakistan, yes. Middle East, no. Most Heroin comes from the golden triangle.. Burma, Thailand, etc.
I always thought of Afghanistan and Pakistan as part of the middle east.
Still, my point was that, if heroin is an opiate (I don't know if it is) and since Afghanistan has a large poppy economy, it would be "easy" (depending on where the drug manufacturing was done) to lace the drugs coming from Afghanistan with harmful substances in order to "terrorize" adicts.
From my perspective, that doesn't seem too effective. However, for someone in Afghanistan with a skewed worldview, they might see that as an effective tactic against the West.
Admittedly, lots of supposition on my part. That's why I threw it out for comment.