Taliban bans poppy cultivation

[Mik]

Interesting article.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-the-taliban-launched-the-most-successful-counter-narcotics-effort-in-human-history/ar-AA1dhKff?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=fdfc62590531493697ce12bdf0c3a6ce&ei=43#image=4

[Catseye3]

"It’s also possible that the gap left by the collapse of the world’s largest opium market could be filled by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids – substances that, through overdose, are killing more young and middle-aged Americans (18-45) than cancer, heart disease or guns."

Yow.

[taiwan_girl]

I believe that they did this when they first started to control the opium fields back around 2000. At that time (before fentanyl), there was just a huge increase in the price of heroin, etc.

I think they reversed the ban after they saw the money they could make from a cut of the sales.

[Catseye3]

This reminds me of the story about Colombia cultivating roses as a cash crop for export. At the time I belonged to Mercola's list. I was about to quit anyway, and did so when he complained about pesticide use or something connected to this. I was like, for christ sake, they're trying to wean off of coca, give them a break.

I don't know what became of the roses experiment.