Ping
Maybe the DEA should buy crack from the street dealers so they can regulate it???? Seriously, these people are nuts. (Although opium would be less harmful than many of the painkillers currently being offered by physicians since it has less side effects). The idea should be to get 'LESS' opium and narcotics being used instead of rewarding 'farmers' (also known as drug lords) for growing a deadly and addictive substance. Or, if the Euro-weenies are really, really serious, they should require that the Afghan government buy it and distribute it to their own citizens. That would at least limit the damage.