Afghanistan produces 93% of the world's supply of opium

geetrue · 08-27-07, 02:52 PM

How can we stop the dealers of drugs if we can't even control the source of the drugs?

I thought we had a whole army over there to take care of this sort of thing.

The article says that 80% of the opium they grow is along the border with Pakistan, uhmm?

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldN...20749120070827

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"No other country has produced narcotics on such a deadly scale since China in the 19th century," a UNODC statement said

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"Some 80 percent of opium poppies were grown in a handful of provinces along the border with Pakistan, where instability is greatest," the UNODC said

08-27-07, 02:56 PM

This is the only way an Afghan gov't can stay in power. Afghanistan has no other natural resource which can be tapped as quickly and easily. I don't condone it but pragmatically it works. The Taliban forbade the opium crop and look what happened to them.

Skybird · 08-27-07, 05:26 PM

Very old news.

Pages 12-18, 20-25 http://freenet-homepage.de/Skybird/Afghanistan.pdf

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08-27-07, 02:56 PM	#2
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	This is the only way an Afghan gov't can stay in power. Afghanistan has no other natural resource which can be tapped as quickly and easily. I don't condone it but pragmatically it works. The Taliban forbade the opium crop and look what happened to them.