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| Interior Ministry Says It Has Banned Poppy Cultivation |
| 2022-12-27 |
They’ve done so before, but then discovered how lucrative the trade is. And that Pakistan’s ISI is involved. [ToloNews] The Ministry of Interior reported that poppy cultivation has been banned nationwide since the establishment of the Islamic Emirate and that no one is allowed to farm poppy on their lands.Preventing the cultivation of poppy is part of the counter-narcotics campaign of the ministry, said Nafi Takor, front man for the ministry. "The Ministry of Interior has been fighting in the field of poppy cultivation and trafficking for a year and the fight will continue to avoid this bad phenomenon," he said. Following the issuance of the decree banning the cultivation of poppy, some farmers said that cotton production is a good alternative to cultivating poppy and requested assistance from the Islamic Emirate in this respect. "Last year, farmers cultivated poppy but this year, they haven’t," said Raz Mohammad, a farmer. "We started cotton cultivation when poppy farming was banned. Over the past 10 days, the price of cotton has dropped from 1,000 Afs to 800 Afs," said Ata Mohammad, a farmer. Analysts said that poppy cultivation is still underway in Afghanistan and the government should stop it. Earlier, the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... reported that 85 percent of the world’s opium is currently produced in Afghanistan and there is no obstacle to its smuggling. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 On a destroyer in the 90’s I spent some time in the Caribbean tracking obvious drug runners on my surface search radar. It seemed like if they handed me the firing key to the harpoon console, I could make the War on Drugs a whole lot more interesting and successful in about 15 minutes. At the time I understood that my fantasy fell apart because executing people through summary justice was not the American Way, which hadn’t been cancelled at that time. The idea that it is not part of the American Way to summarily whack people seems a whole lot less sure 30 odd years down the pike. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-27 12:36 |
| #7 Is Gov. Newsome going to invade Pakistan to protect the homeless of 'frisco? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2022-12-27 11:48 |
| #5 I ran across a remark, don't remember when or where, that suggested Biden's abrupt AFG pullout was caused by the rise in popularity of fentanyl as the heroin trade was no longer economically sustainable. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-27 09:55 |
| #4 We're losing to the cartels at the border. Here's how we can win |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-27 08:58 |
| #3 Fentanyl is destabilizing the gummints of heroin producing countries. Black cloud. Tarnished silver lining. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-27 08:55 |
| #2 Fentanyl Vs Morphine: What is the difference? Which Opioid Is Stronger? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-27 08:53 |
| #1 Pushing for substitutive economic aid? Still a huge market but the organic opioid craze is shifting to fentanyl which can be manufactured cheaper in greater volume with 'better' quality controls, closer to the point of consumption. How Fentanyl, More than Heroin, Drives US Opioid Market |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-27 08:50 |