poppy/opium/heroin production has shifted to myanmar, but there has been less production, and the synthetics are much cheaper ,so that reduces profitability for poppy Afganistan, have set up addiction centers, where addicts are put, but it's cold turkey. Opium poppy production is bieng eradicated in Afganistan ,and penaltiys for drug smugglers and dealers will escalate, but a quick search shows the increadable synicism of the western press who are spinning it as "hardship for Afganinstans farmers"

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lukan 14 hours ago | parent [-]

"hardship for Afganinstans farmers"

Isn't it hardship when people with guns come to you and burn your fields?

	▲	t-3 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Oh, woe is me, the government burned down my illegal drug manufacturing operation! Where is the justice?!
	▲	HPsquared 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I wonder how this compares to the common western situation of livestock culls. Presumably there is compensation in some cases and not in others (poppy cultivation being illegal). I suppose it's at opposite ends of a scale.
	▲	metalman 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		ok, lets talk about Palestine ,if thats what you want.