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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu
I remember reading about the opium production increasing when the Taliban was taken out. It seems reasonable to think that going after farmers would not be a top priority for the US military at the time. Poppy production has increased to the present record breaking level.
The Taliban; while now seem to be benefiting from the current after shock, had eradicated the Afghan heroin trade. I understand there is still a clear and present danger to US troops there, but how difficult can it be to go after farmers. It's not labs hidden deep in south American jungles, its vast crops out in the open Afghan terrain.
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I don't believe in saving people from their own conscious decisions they have control over. Heroin might be a nasty drug, but no one puts the needle in your arm or whatever is it the kids do with it these days. Therefore I view such production as a low priority in the region. Hell I'm sure somewhere there is an editorial out there showing how heroin use will kill more Americans than 9/11 in the near future, but the difference is one was voluntary.