It seems the CIA secretly dropped modified seeds on poppy fields between 2004 and 2015, with the goal of making the resulting heroin less potent. The covert operation, run by the CIA's Crime and Narcotics Center, was so secretive that many senior officials in the Pentagon and State Department were unaware it existed. It was also expensive to run, a big factor in why it ended—"the juice wasn't worth the squeeze," is how the official puts it.
Author: John Johnson with Newser.AI
Published at: 2025-11-15 22:31:33
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