So...Opium should be legalised just as it was previously. When it was legal there was none of these problems.
My post was more in relation to European, US and other Foreign multinationals setting up shop in Afghanistan to mine these areas. I would be interested in seeing a map of the current distribution of US bases in Afghanistan in comparison to the location of these mineral rich areas. Because the people are unable to mine these minerals for themselves, does not mean they will not be mined. BP, Exxon,Shell et al operate in oil rich areas where the indigenous population do not have the expertise to extract oil themselves. On 14 June 2010 09:21, Casey Dougall <[email protected]> wrote: > The illegal trade of poppies has created transnational > disputes and directly led to the decline in civil society in the countries > through which it is traded. Under the Taliban and in post-Taliban > Afghanistan, the profits from opium sales have been used to fund tribal > warlords and fuel armed conflic > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321162 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
