How did the persian gulf war increase the use of drugs in the 1980s?

I read somewhere that the persian gulf war increased the use of drugs in the 1980's. Why?|||If by the Persian Gulf War you mean the US-led intervention after Iraq invaded Kuwait, this happened in 1990-1991, so I don't see how it could have affected drug use (or anything else) in the 1980s...





On the other hand, before that event took place, the Iran-Iraq war, which took place over most of the decade of the 1980s (1980-1988) could have had such effects, maybe by disturbing the trade and normal industry production and livelihood of many people in these two countries and forcing some of them to start growing drug-producing crops.





I don't know this for a fact, but am only speculating based on the little history of this region that I know.





Also, more generally, in the proxy wars during the Cold War the US and the USSR often turned a blind eye to the ways in which their respective local supporters ("proxies") chose to fund their military operations, so it is well known for other conflicts that drug production was a major revenue source.|||Don't believe everything you read, especially from newspapers.


Which war are you referring to?


There are quite a few.


If your referring to the tanker war of 1988 that was about oil.


If your referring to desert storm that happened in 1991.


I think your talking about the Iran Iraq war of 1980-1988.


Most wars in this region are about oil and religion.


Almost never drugs.


Although the conflicts in this area also gave rise to the taliban.


They increased the poppy harvests in Afghanistan many times the normal because it was an easy way to raise money.


This also meant that the market was flooded with cheap potent Heroin from Columbia.


I think that's what you mean....