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Russia fights opium war as US marks 8 years in Afghanistan
Published: 07 October, 2009, 17:53
Edited: 28 February, 2010, 04:18
As America’s dream of nation-building in Afghanistan gets sand stuck in its gears, Russia, fighting its own war against a new generation of heroin addicts, wants poppy production slashed.
O yes, we do have the same considerations, dont we.
Narco-barons of Afganistan were USA's allies against USSR. Russia is the main victim of Afghan heroin. So all this is a classical dirty game of USA. Of course there are no proofs... Goody-goody USA does all its dirty work in secret, as always...
Hi, isn't it the reason why the US moved into Afghanistan in the first place? Taking over the poppy business is probably a good deal for them.
I am a pragmatist. I think if drugs were legalized, especially where they are most used, then the state would control the drug trade and it would not be so profitable. Then Afghanistan could be made the premier drug production country for medicinal purposes, which would solve the problem that no one has been able to create another economy there. Then if the addicted were then controlled with state methadone programs and new addictions were stopped with good mental health programs and stable economies, the problem would be over. The big problem with methadone programs as that the people are STILL in families and doing a lot of harm to the children, setting a bad example, and worse. Defoliating will not help, the hard core drug addicts will just go somewhere else for their fix and they will do any violence to get it.
Will the United States eventually give in to Russian demands for an active defoliation program. Stranger things have happened. Ivanov hinted as much in Washington. “Russia is the main victim of Afghan heroin,” . After all, both countries share more or less the same nightmares about Afghanistan.