Cannabis Economics - Marijuana production in Afghanistan, Helmand

Helmand, Afghanistan: Marijuana production in Afghanistan, Helmand.
Some facts: 1, A tenant farmer can spend spend nine hours a day filtering cannabis leaves and then kneading the residue into clumps of hashish. He earns $30 a day — five times as much as he earns from harvesting wheat.
2. Hashish is more or less socially acceptable here and widely used by Afghan men. "Cigarette-tees" — as hashish cigarettes are called — are for sale at many shops.

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• Cannabis
• Marijuana
• Afghanistan
• Helmand

[paolo392]

The hemp is forbidden in west. A wrong choice, with consequences all over the world.

[4jai2brons0n]

Why would we want to take away the marijuana cultivation? We should be encouraging it instead of poppy growth and hope for some discounts.

[AMAZINGdancingBEARS]

If the uk/usa had the space and the correct environment to produce cannabis for world wide export, the governments would have been selling it for a long time, the fact is afghanistan, morocco, thailand, india, africa can produce it for very little cost and these original production countrys would become the richest in the world and uk/usa governments dont want that so they make a war against it, just like they do with everything they cant control. Bastards.

[AMAZINGdancingBEARS]

If cannabis was fully legalised countrys like this would suddenly be making lotts of cash and there economys would soon rival the uk and usa, and that is why it will never be fully legalised. Its a shame cos it could help alot of other countrys economys aswel.

[kyrupt]

That reporter is retarted if she thinks that they would ever replace those crops from there our governents funds fucking wars from drugs they will never stop the drur trade cause they make tons of money off it

[116skinnyboy]

@bigboy4evaa dirt cheap, it grows everywhere, hell i had pot plants growing out of our walls in our base, truck loads of it was seen all the time, and when i raided a house they had 17 garbage bags full of bud 2 supply them through the winter

[116skinnyboy]

@hydropropop hashish is what the afghans call it also, when i was in kandahar the ANA always smoked it and only said, "hashish verdy gewd"

[KenyanBoyBiggz]

@bigboy4evaa A pound for 4 dollars and 23 cents. give or take a few cents. :)

[yoss1978]

A very serious lack of facts, with heavy propoganda bias in this report. Grats CNN, i watch one of your reports, and will never be able to take you seriously again.

[bigboy4evaa]

does anyone know the prices for marijuana if Afghanistan?

[weedyak]

all that bud

[saso2202]

aa stfu and smoke one