page_title: Golden Crescent
hierarchical_section_title: Golden Crescent
context_page_description: The Golden Crescent is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production, in South-central Asia and Western Asia. This space overlaps three nations, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, whose mountainous border areas define the crescent.
context_section_description: The Golden Crescent is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production, in South-central Asia and Western Asia. This space overlaps three nations, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, whose mountainous border areas define the crescent.
caption: Map showing heroin production regions