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The country is on the verge of famine and does not have the resources to treat opiate addicts. Its state assets abroad have all been seized, and its not certain
by DoItToMe81 3y ago
The country is on the verge of famine and does not have the resources to treat opiate addicts. Its state assets abroad have all been seized, and its not certain which nations will engage in further sanctions.
I don't know in which world miles of illegal poppy for an opiate black market is a good thing, either. I am quite certain if they had left the black market to its own devices, we'd be seeing "WAR ON DRUGS NOW! Taliban terrorists hook your child on heroin" instead.
- sfn42 3y agoFamine can be solved by growing food or buying food. If opium is twice as valuable as potatoes then they could grow opium and buy twice as many potatoes as they could otherwise have grown. Self reliance is important but generally less important than survival. If they don't have resources to treat opiate addicts they don't have to, the addicts are responsible for their own problems. We should try to help if we can but if we can't, we can't. Poppy fields have legitimate uses, they are not just for producing street drugs. Heroin, morphine, codeine and others are products of the opium poppy and all of them are used medically. I also doubt this prohibition will make much difference in terms of drug addiction, they will get their drugs one way or another just like everywhere else.
- hulitu 3y ago> The country ... does not have the resources to treat opiate addicts If the best country in the world "does not have the resources to treat opiate addicts", how could a country bombed for 20 years by the best country in the world, have those resources ?