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2011-01-22 Afghanistan

Opium Price Spike Threatens Afghan Drug War

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-01-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 A recent surge in opium prices could encourage Afghan farmers to expand cultivation of the narcotic crop..

While the farmers may make it on the crop, I doubt they are getting the big cut of the take. It'll be more like more pressure to plant by the usual suspects using the usual methods of 'encouragement'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-01-22 08:05|| 2011-01-22 08:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Hospira, the only US manufacturer of sodium thiopental, the death penalty drug, has ceased production, delaying executions. Italy is the companies' other site of manufacture, but opposes production due to opposition to the death penalty. I cannot think of a more humane alternative than just giving them an overdose of morphine purchased from the Afghans.

Posted by Gerthudion Unump7993 2011-01-22 12:26|| 2011-01-22 12:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like a report on the price of oil. Ho hum. Just another rise in the price of another commodity.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2011-01-22 12:54|| 2011-01-22 12:54|| Front Page Top

#4 The thing is, the sale prices of wheat and corn/maize have gone up worldwide, and I imagine rice has or will, too. If one can bring in a crop, it's a pretty good time to be a farmer.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-01-22 19:44|| 2011-01-22 19:44|| Front Page Top

#5 I cannot think of a more humane alternative than just giving them an overdose of morphine purchased from the Afghans.

[spit!] Hang them!

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2011-01-22 20:52|| 2011-01-22 20:52|| Front Page Top

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