Torsten Posted January 13, 2002 US PREPARES FOR LONG BATTLE AGAINST HEROIN The US may have won the first stages of its war against terrorism, but it is in danger of losing the latest phase of the war on drugs in Afghanistan. After the rapid military success against the Taliban regime, US policy-makers are now grappling with an uncomfortable reality of life in the newly-liberated country: the oppressive Taliban regime was more effective at controlling the country's drugs trade than the new government in Kabul. The Taliban's ban on opium poppy two years ago was "enormously effective" in reducing poppy crops almost entirely in areas under the regime's control. The US estimates that Afghanistan produced 74 tons of opium last year, compared to 3,656 tons the previous year. However US officials believe the real goals of the Taliban's poppy ban was to control the market more effectively. URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02.n041.a08.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darklight Posted January 13, 2002 US officials believe the real goals of the Taliban's poppy ban was to control the market more effectively. That's funny, the same allegation has been levelled against the CIA *sigh* another day, another red herring Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devance Posted April 7, 2007 As a evoutionary process so all drugs are legal? As Shulgin some other have advocated. Including heroin? No matter what the age? Or what else? Maybe there should be a wonderful society guided be the gurus of chemicals who can only say it a evoutionary process? They can say "My hands or clean because of the capitalistisc nature or the would. My hands are clean." Or the Yage hallucenogeni/gestalt will do also for a feeble grasp? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anodyne Posted April 10, 2007 Wonder if this means they'll go for the UK's plan to legalise poppy farms? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
