Syria has become a narco-state

Re:Syria has become a narco-state by baybal2 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:28PM (#27920940)

I want to remind to our American readers of another narco-state flooding USA with fentanyl, and other synthetic opioids, about which the mighty country of America can't do anything about, but moan, complain, and keep calling for "security summits" for their amusement.

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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by pphysch on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:51PM (#27921269)

The Taliban culled opium production in Afghanistan shortly before the US led invasion, after which production miraculously recovered and increased [1].

But sure, it's definitely "China", which has extreme cultural trauma around opiates (and zero tolerance policy toward them) and analogs since the Opium Wars devastated the entire country, that is the primary problem. No blame for the pharmaceutical companies and pill pushers who rely on Golden Crescent/Triangle opium exports!

[1] - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47861444.amp

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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by Scoundreller on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:33PM (#27920999)

Canada? Mexico? China?

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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by underseacables on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:33PM (#27921000)

How dare you! Now you’re just being xenophobic! Racist!

/sarcasm

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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by 55555 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:39PM (#27921094)

(The answer is China.)

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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by 8note on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:41PM (#27921116)

I thought the sacklers were american

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