New Afghan Policy

This is the latest song and dance out of Afghanistan that fools few people, except those in the West. The official American policy has been to destroy the evil poppy grown by these farmers before it gets to the streets of New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Paris and many other Western metropolises.

Heroin wasn't always the evil we associate it with today. In fact, according to Wikipedia, in the late 1800s, Bayer would name the substance "heroin", probably from the word heroisch, German for heroic, because in field studies people using the medicine felt "heroic". Bayer even marketed it from 1898 to 1910, first as a cure for Morphine addiction. But the bad effects soon became too common to ignore, and The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act of 1914 restricted it to prescription only and in 1924, it was banned altogether.

WWII saw a near 100% stop of the drug due to wars in China and other heroin producing (not growing) regions. However, the end of the war helped spark a new and exciting adventurous career for many in the illegal heroin manufacturing, transportation and sales industry set up by the mafia in Sicily, the French in various regions in the south and by the CIA in Laos and other areas inhabited by "anti-Communist" tribesmen and former Chinese nationals. The exact questionnaire they used to ensure that one qualified as an anti-Communist and therefore was worthy of American taxpayer money in the heroin industry which supplied illegal drugs to criminals in the United States has never been fully disclosed.

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News & Politics

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• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• poppy
• farmers
• heroin
• Bayer
• CIA
• ISI
• Brzezinski
• Carter
• opium
• Taliban
• Bhutto
• Karzai
• bankster

[2giveup]

where do you think big pharm gets its drugs from to make thier opiates..they have to be grown somewhere and be controlled so only big pharm can use them..

[trakionfilms]

good point. Aren't we lucky we have that place well surrounded. And with our new president, it looks like we'll have even more soldiers who will be there ready to defend those crops.

[g31n3z3w5k1]

I love how he has such an escentric scence of humor

[toeg1]

2giveup,

Opium is but one of many drugs out there used by big Pharma. Before 2001, big pharma did not have a direct control of them, yet they made drugs for the masses.

IMHO, the CIA plays a greater role in the control of their opium that big pharma. Even before 2001, the CIA was controlling a large portion of that crop through the ISI. It is interesting to note that when production was down to 91 tons that the US invaded, not before. Now there's about 7,000 tons per year.

[imprezatuner]

In the end afghanistan remains afghanistan where empires go to DIE !!!!!SO TRUE.

It means leave them alone.

[YougeneDebs]

Don't forget to rate it! And share it with your friends.

[batlady2]

Very interesting and enlightening. Thanks for this one! Its going to be shared in my news letter.

[toeg1]

excellent stuff!!!

To the point and right on!!

Good video all the way around.