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2005-03-28 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-03-28 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Morphine? I suppose that this refinement of opium is more compact, hence each mule-load brings in a higher sale price... Expert comment, please.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-28 1:47:33 AM|| 2005-03-28 1:47:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Dunno TW , sounds like a small cache , along with medical supplies for the jhihad army of ~~lions~~ pussy cats. Not sure if its in their interests to waste time refining opium, best to get the 'crop' in and sell asap .
It doesnt say how the morphine was packed also, it could have been made outside Afganistan and imported (even though they are the biggest growers of opium anywhere) ..
just my opinion

Posted by MacNails 2005-03-28 5:25:02 AM|| 2005-03-28 5:25:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm afraid that my knowledge of the more recreational drugs (not to mention the realities of organized and disorganized violence) is far more theoretical than actual, MacNails. Your explanation rings truer than my supposition here -- thanks much. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-28 5:51:05 AM|| 2005-03-28 5:51:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Could also just be a translation glitch. Maybe heroin/morphine is the same or similar word in Urdu.

Posted by Seafarious 2005-03-28 10:12:24 AM|| 2005-03-28 10:12:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Or maybe the reporter can't tell the difference. Even the Pak MSM needs bloggers to fact check its arse!

Posted by Seafarious 2005-03-28 10:13:53 AM|| 2005-03-28 10:13:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 If it was morphine then no doubt it should (if stolen/looted from medical facilities ,or UN or US/Allies supplies) have some form of stock code on each case to identify origin .. If its heroine or raw opium it will just be wrapped in some natural fibres .

Posted by MacNails 2005-03-28 10:19:48 AM|| 2005-03-28 10:19:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "liquid slag - on sale now!"
Lil Kimmie

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-28 10:31:51 AM|| 2005-03-28 10:31:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 AFAIK heroine more potent than morphine and this is more potent than opium so a smaller dosis will have the same effect.

Posted by JFM 2005-03-28 12:08:23 PM|| 2005-03-28 12:08:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Google is your friend:
Morphine
Morphine base is an extract from opium. In pure form, morphine base is a white or light yellow crystalline powder. During traditional manufacture, some contaminants are carried along, adding a brown colour to the powder, almost like cinnamon. The morphine content in morphine base is usually somewhere between 60 and 90 per cent. Morphine base is not water soluble. Therefore it cannot be injected directly. For the injection of morphine base, some type of organic acid (commonly ascorbic acid, citric acid or tartaric acid) must be added to the mixture, which is then heated. Morphine is one of the most important medicinal drugs in contemporary medicine. Morphine base is converted into heroin base by achemical process using acetic acid anhydride.

Poppies - Opium - Morphine base - Heroin

Posted by Steve 2005-03-28 12:26:35 PM|| 2005-03-28 12:26:35 PM|| Front Page Top

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