Afghan farmers collecting raw opium in a poppy field east of Kabul. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Narco-terrorism – harnessed by Islam-driven terrorism – constitutes a most sinister weapon, aiming to maim and murder the soul and the body of free societies.

Former Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger, an expert on U.S.-Israel relations and the Middle East, explains the dire threat of narco-terrorism to America and to the entire Free World.

Approximately 10 times the number of people killed on 9/11 die each year as a direct result of drug abuse, Ettinger states, pointing to the undeniable link between international terrorist groups and the international drug trade.

The problem has existed for almost three decades and poses a profound threat to U.S. national security, he explains.

Watch this informative video and listen to Ettinger’s suggestions on how to begin to combat this danger.