Heroin addiction in the U.S

Re:Heroin addiction in the U.S by hungerstrike on Sunday January 21, 2018 @02:56PM (#16199643)

This is the truth.The war on drugs is a war on people. Did you know that in 2000, opium production had almost completely stopped in Afghanistan, thanks to the Taliban? That’s like 80% of the worlds supply of heroin. The global market value of heroine is like half a trillion. Where do people think intelligence agencies get all of their black money from? That’s the real reason that we went to Afghanistan.

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Re:Heroin addiction in the U.S by dnh44 on Sunday January 21, 2018 @03:06PM (#16199704)

I've read that before the Taliban banned production they stockpiled a lot of it, then when prices skyrocketed they sold their reserves at a much larger profit.

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a0700poppyban

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Re:Heroin addiction in the U.S by hungerstrike on Sunday January 21, 2018 @11:24PM (#16201916)

That’s very interesting, especially the timing.

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