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On AlterNet: opium

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "opium"

Drug Eradication in Afghanistan a Complete Failure: Top US Military Officer

Drug Eradication in Afghanistan a Complete Failure: Top US Military Officer

Agence France PresseMay 21, 2009.
NATO has failed to stem the vast opium trade in Afghanistan that helps finance Taliban insurgents despite an eight-year effort.

The Taliban and Opium Industry Are Getting U.S. Billions -- Not So Much for the Rest of Afghanistan

The Taliban and Opium Industry Are Getting U.S. Billions -- Not So Much for the Rest of Afghanistan

Pratap Chatterjee, Tomdispatch.com. March 23, 2009.
Parts of Afghanistan that have neither violent Taliban resistance nor much opium trade are virtually ignored by the U.S.

Good News From Iraq: Opium Agriculture Takes Off

Good News From Iraq: Opium Agriculture Takes Off

Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. January 18, 2008.
War-hawks say the "liberal media" don't report positive progress from the edges of Empire.

Marijuana Replaces Opium As the Top Crop in Afghanistan

Marijuana Replaces Opium As the Top Crop in Afghanistan

Paddy, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2007.
Paddy: Poor people need to live too. So they do the only things they can to make a buck.

Let Afghanistan Grow the World's Opium Supply

Let Afghanistan Grow the World's Opium Supply

Ethan A. Nadelmann, AlterNet. August 31, 2007.
Given that farmers are going to produce opium -- somehow, somewhere -- so long as the global demand for heroin persists, maybe the world is better off, all things considered, with 90 percent of it coming from Afghanistan.