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Thursday, April 11, 2002
No Taliban, Cheap Heroin Now that the Taliban is gone, so is the edict against the growing of opium poppies. The LA Times has this story on the resurgence of opium farming in Afghanistan. I don't understand at all why this is an issue that we are leaving to the feeble, interim government in Afghanistan. We've all seen the commercials lately that say if you use drugs you support terrorists, so we know that the US government believes that opium, like coca and marijuana (in their eyes), is the root of terror. The US has taken efforts in the past to wipe out crops of drugs throughout Latin America, so we know that we are familiar with destroying fields of drugs. President Bush has seen to it that the financial industry cracks down on the flow of money into and out of the hands of known terror organizations, so we know that controlling access to cash by terror groups is a priority. The new government in Kabul is being propped up by the American government according to the story, so we know that we are at least somewhat committed to helping those currently in power. Now that we know all of these things, why is it so difficult to see that we should destroy the opium before its pending harvest? The British (and the rest of Europe) have a strong interest in stopping the harvest as well since most of the harvest will end up in the hands of European users. It will be interesting to see if they step forward and take control in this arena where the Americans seem unwilling to lead. |
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