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Funny how we've been protecting poppy fields in Afghanistan for 15 years. Probably just a coincidence.
by mycosis 9y ago
Funny how we've been protecting poppy fields in Afghanistan for 15 years. Probably just a coincidence.
- pizza 9y agoOh honey America's role in Afghan poppy industry goes so much further back than 15 years ago. America built a dam in Afghanistan in the 1950s. The dam changed the soil conditions and what could grow in the region. It was found that opium would grow well in the conditions, which meant that people would grow it to provide food for their families. Then the Taliban started controlling the trade, and profited tidily, and expanded it significantly. Destroying the opium trade would likely just add to the misery, by now. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-03-29/news/1997088009_1_opium-poppy-helmand-river http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-03-29/news/1997088009_...