After three years of ignoring poppy cultivation and heroin production, the United States has suddenly changed course. In mid-November Washington pledged $780 million toward Afghanistanâ??s war on drugs. If a rigorous campaign against poppy actually materializes, it could radically destabilize the relative calm that now obtains in much of Afghanistan........ http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/headline.php?id=827



Liberatedâ? Afghanistan has become again the worldâ??s top heroin producer, supplying an estimated 90 percent of the global market, according to the United Nations, which monitors world production via satellite. Opium cultivation has in fact skyrocketed since the fall of the puritanical Taliban, which had effectively if briefly suppressed the trade. Growers have repeatedly opened fire on government workers sent to eradicate their fields. Any effort by President Karzai to challenge the opium economy could antagonize the warlords and plunge the country back into civil war, making Bushâ??s victory in this ravaged land a Pyrrhic one. America will be dealing with the legacy of Afghanistanâ??s Dark Alliance for years to come. It is sad that Gary Webbâ??s passing has prompted more dismissive condescension than serious grappling.............. http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/headline.php?id=828



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Herbaholic00 Reviewed by Herbaholic00 on . Afghan Poppies Bloom After three years of ignoring poppy cultivation and heroin production, the United States has suddenly changed course. In mid-November Washington pledged $780 million toward Afghanistanâ??s war on drugs. If a rigorous campaign against poppy actually materializes, it could radically destabilize the relative calm that now obtains in much of Afghanistan........ http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/headline.php?id=827 Liberatedâ? Afghanistan has become again the worldâ??s top heroin producer, Rating: 5