Monday, June 14, 2004
Poppy
Patrick Belton over at Oxblog has been blogging from Afghanistan (yes, the technology Capitol of the World), check out his report on the return of the poppy "trade". I have a colleague who was recently in Afghanistan, as a member of Special Forces, and he said poppy fields are all over the country, as well as marijuana plants. Everyone wants to get in on the action. We cannot let Afghanistan become another Narcostate like Columbia, there's too much at stake. However, like Columbia with their coca plants, Afgan farmers know that poppy plants can get them the most money. Until there's an alternative, I don't imagine farmers will stop planting the poppy seeds.
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