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2008-09-25 Afghanistan

Afghanistan: NATO commander calls for more to fight drug trade

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 I could kill the drugs trade tomorrow!

Just decriminalise drugs, and criminalise being high in public.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-09-25 05:27|| 2008-09-25 05:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Simple, inexpensive way to end most of the drug trade........

ANYONE - teachers, health workers at public hospitals, welfare recipients, SSI recipients, winners of government contracts, public sector employees of all kinds and at all levels, recipients of public sector pension plans, etc. - who gets a government check for ANY reason is made subject to random drug testing, with the result of a positive test being removal of said government check in perpetuity, and a lifelong ban against working in the public sector in ANY capacity at ANY level of government.

Posted by no mo uro 2008-09-25 06:17|| 2008-09-25 06:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Just tell the Taliban this is the poppy they are growing, problem solved. see: http://www.amazon.com/Danish-Flag-Afghan-Poppy-Seeds/dp/B000SOHVG4/ref=pd_bxgy_ol_text_b

Posted by bruce 2008-09-25 06:40|| 2008-09-25 06:40|| Front Page Top

#4 You are telling me that with all the bioengineering genius of the world, we haven't come up with an opium blight to wipe it out?

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-25 07:01|| 2008-09-25 07:01|| Front Page Top

#5 No, they're telling you supply isn't the problem, demand is. Stop the demand. Now. I'd tolerate public execution of junkies my self.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-25 07:05|| 2008-09-25 07:05|| Front Page Top

#6 We shouldn't shoot 'em. It's not that hard to detox them. It should be easier than it is to put them through that a few times.

Posted by rammer">rammer 2008-09-25 07:58|| www.blogoram.com]">[www.blogoram.com] 2008-09-25 07:58|| Front Page Top

#7 The UN has lots of (my) money. Let 'em BUY the dope.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-25 10:15|| 2008-09-25 10:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Slightly used at around $45K. Less Talk and more Rock.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2008-09-25 10:28|| 2008-09-25 10:28|| Front Page Top

#9 that was my thought exactly Yosemite.

Posted by sinse 2008-09-25 11:21|| 2008-09-25 11:21|| Front Page Top

#10 45K? Do tell, maybe I'll do the Lasik thing.

Posted by .5MT 2008-09-25 12:58|| 2008-09-25 12:58|| Front Page Top

#11 No way Karzai will go for this. It will eat into the growth of his Swiss bank account.

Posted by remoteman 2008-09-25 13:19|| 2008-09-25 13:19|| Front Page Top

#12 #11: No way Karzai will go for this. It will eat into the growth of his Swiss bank account.
Posted by: remoteman

It won't do half as much damage as a stretched neck would, Remote. Karzai is definitely part of the problem. We need to relocate one of those Talibunny IEDs to where it can do the most good.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-09-25 16:13|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-09-25 16:13|| Front Page Top

#13 Wheat is actually more profitable than opium. However, the gas prices and equipment create a lag without roads. The security agreement on the border could fix it.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-09-25 17:26|| 2008-09-25 17:26|| Front Page Top

#14 It won't do half as much damage as a stretched neck would,

A sudden thought, "How wealthy was Saddam when he made that short drop".

Money can NOT buy everything.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-09-25 18:15|| 2008-09-25 18:15|| Front Page Top

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