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Posted by: Neophile 1 month, 1 week ago

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An unlikely coalition of corrupt Afghan officials, timorous Europeans, blinkered Pentagon officers and the Taliban has made poppy cultivation stubbornly resistant to eradication.

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Story Tags ? drugs europe pentagon heroin un taliban karzai narcostate unitednations hamidkarzai narcotics afghanistan poppy

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Natureboy1 month, 1 week ago

So we get rid of the opium. How will the CIA fund their black ops?
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  Neophile1 month, 1 week ago
  
  With an upbeat song and dance show?
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Wolfie20071 month, 1 week ago

Now here's and idea for change, do something different. As fas as politics go, the Libertarians have the best platform on this subject, decriminalize drug use and let doctors and pharmacist's do the regulating of narcotics . I assume these days, the obligatory adherence to the FDA would be mandatory, in some bureaucratic fashion, mores the pity. Let's all hope for change on the War on Drugs. Isn't working, never will.
Too much profit in it especially when it's illegal.
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  Eagle_Eye1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Well said Wolfie!
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Charlson1 month, 1 week ago

Duh...yeah.
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nikkibabe1 month, 1 week ago

For those Americans who are ignorant, poppy (Hashish) has been main export item of Afghanistan for generations.
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  quackpot1 month, 1 week ago
  
  Based on the article, the situation is considerably more complex than a tradition of poppy cultivation.
  It appears that the current major poppy growing area is not the same as the traditional growing areas, and that the growth in the poppy industry is more tied to official policy (and profit) of the Afghanistan government than it is to tradition.
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quackpot1 month, 1 week ago

Thanks for this article that describes the very complex core of our involvement in Afghanistan.
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tchef1 month, 1 week ago

Sounds like everything else the Bush administration has done. If there isn't a way to screw it up, they'll invent one.
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TheRealizer1 month, 1 week ago

Drugs should be decriminalized and dispensed through pharmacies, however that would eliminate the need for massive government drug fighting task forces. Propeller has done me a favor, I can only stand to be here a few minutes, instead of a few hours before the change...
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