Is Afghanistan a Narco-State? »
Posted By Neophile 11 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsAn 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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Wolfie200711 months, 2 weeks 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.
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quackpot11 months, 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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quackpot11 months, 1 week ago
Thanks for this article that describes the very complex core of our involvement in Afghanistan.
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tchef11 months, 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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TheRealizer11 months, 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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