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2007-09-28 Afghanistan
Afghan farmers grow marijuana as alternative to opium
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Posted by Fred 2007-09-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 care of google images
Canadian forces encounter hemp forest in Afghanistan.

Posted by 3dc 2007-09-28 01:33||   2007-09-28 01:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Muslims simply uncable of seeing the rest of humanity as anything but prey.
Posted by gromgoru 2007-09-28 02:51||   2007-09-28 02:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Afghani Bud and Kabobs, just about the only thing I like about the dirt hole
Posted by Boss Craising2882 2007-09-28 04:41||   2007-09-28 04:41|| Front Page Top

#4 I would add the anchoresse in Ariana, the afhghan TV.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-09-28 06:32||   2007-09-28 06:32|| Front Page Top

#5 I would add the anchoresse in Ariana, the afhghan TV.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-09-28 06:35||   2007-09-28 06:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Is that a smile or simple awe on the trooper face?
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-28 06:45||   2007-09-28 06:45|| Front Page Top

#7 well i would rather them plant pot than opium, might pacify the dickheads instead of them getting pissy when they need their next fix
Posted by sinse 2007-09-28 08:35||   2007-09-28 08:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Does anyone have that picture of a Canadian LAV completely covered in "hemp leaves"?

Al
Posted by Frozen Al 2007-09-28 10:01||   2007-09-28 10:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Ok we'll rest over night here. Lisa, please get the fire going quickly if you would please.
Posted by Besoeker 2007-09-28 10:09||   2007-09-28 10:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Cripes, why don't they just plant stuff to make bio-fuel? The freakin' EU and UN will pay them like crazy with no complaints from us.
Posted by AlanC 2007-09-28 12:56||   2007-09-28 12:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Well, folks, it's a bit of an improvement. You'd couldn't expect these guys to jump directly from raising opium to raising hogs, now could you?
Posted by Thusing Fillmore9799 2007-09-28 16:52||   2007-09-28 16:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Actually, industrial hemp {not to be confused with marijuana} is a rather superior source of industrial lubricants, acid-free paper, durable cloth, and the premier natural rope and twine. Also, the dross fibres left from hemp manufacturing make a burnable bio-fuel. Even so, the switchover to smokable pot hemp is desirable versas opium : less funding for the Taliban since the pot dealers are not flush with cash as the heroin buyers; it is a stable crop that can be easily grown on sub-par land; and it can be used for an inferior fibre product. It would behoove the West to setup a series of hemp processing plants utilizing the Romanian wet method, to convert the pot into inferior fibre which could then be made into sandbags and the like. However, make it clear to the Afghanis that they would need to convert over to true industrial hemp within 3 years - with the West providing the industrial hemp seed. At the end of the 3 years, any pot fields would be cut down and burned in place : there are very simple field testing kits that can clearly show whether a leaf came from a pot plant or industrial hemp.
The sand bags and landscaping bags made from the pot would be useful in the reclamation projects involving the irrigation canal system in the Afghani hinderlands; plus if you use pick and shovel labor to fill and emplace said bags, you can easily employ a lot of people from the outlying villages that still have not benefited that much from the improving Afghani economy.
Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-09-28 20:24||   2007-09-28 20:24|| Front Page Top

#13 plus, you can smoke it, and the fast-food and convenience-store industry booms!
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-09-28 21:00||   2007-09-28 21:00|| Front Page Top

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