Posted on 08/31/2021 6:37:32 PM PDT by dynachrome
Edited on 08/31/2021 6:52:39 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Taliban leaders, seeking international acceptance after seizing power in Afghanistan, have told farmers to stop cultivating opium poppies, residents of some major poppy-growing areas say. This has caused raw opium prices to soar across the country.
In recent days, Taliban representatives began telling gatherings of villagers in the southern province of Kandahar, one of the country’s main opium-producing regions, that the crop—a crucial part of the local economy—would now be banned.
This followed a statement by Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid at an Aug. 18 news conference in Kabul that the country’s new rulers won’t permit the drug trade. Mr. Mujahid at the time didn’t offer details of how the Islamist group intends to enforce the ban.
Local farmers in Kandahar, Uruzgan and Helman provinces said raw opium prices have tripled, from about $70 to about $200 per kilogram, due to uncertainty about future production. In the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the opium price has doubled, residents there said. Raw opium is processed into heroin.
The Taliban have long been one of the narcotics industry’s top beneficiaries, using taxation of the drug business to finance their 20-year insurgency, Western governments say. Afghanistan accounts for some 80% of the world’s illicit opiates exports, and the poppy-planting season starts in about a month.
I’m pretty sure that most opiates in the western world are entirely synthetic. Maybe not pure morphine, but hydrocodone/fentanyl, and oxymorphone don’t need natural ingredients.
I could be wrong, but I think that’s the case.
Benadryl is a bit cheaper than heroin.
You can still get smack via Mexico.
If you think only Democrats use drugs, you’re confused.
I don’t know if he dabbles in heroin. His coke connections should be safe.
The ceased production previous to our invasion.
Highest yields ever during our occupation.
The Bush/Clinton cabal will be taking a hit...
Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. It’s still called that as far as I know.
I’m only mid 40’s.
Color me skeptical.
The 4 gender neutral latrines they left behind cost more then that Infographic details all together.
Taliban Move to Ban Opium Production in Afghanistan
Something G.W. Bush refused to do. Think about it.
Smack? Doesn’t that stain your teeth or plug up your lungs? That’s no good. Besides it may be a gateway drug.
That’s it. The unnamed three letter agency ran herion from there.
I am skeptical of everything that
Clinton or Bush claim
Taliban is lying.....80-85% of the worlds opium comes from Afghanistan. They’ll never give it up.
Right! The Taliban is part of the Afghan narco cartel. They force the farmers to grow opium or hashish.
The Taliban farm opium on a predictable schedule so this is propaganda. Fun fact, the Taliban don’t fight during harvest season which is when Trump had the military scheduled to leave. Biden reversed that and ordered the US out during their fighting season.
LOL, just cook it on a spoon, load up the syringe, and chase that dragon…
That’s a good starting point.
They did outlaw when they were in charge before 9/11.
Highest yields ever were when we were there.
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