Saturday, August 19, 2023

Poppies

Taliban's eradication of opium poppies is bad for poor Afghan farmers who have no other income.*  And it's bad for global opium addicts who switch to fentanyl which is far worse.  We need to legalize poppies and all other illegal drug producing plants and base drug policy on free treatment and society building rather than prohibition which only enables organized crime and profiteering intelligence services.  Many if not most drug issues are created by drug prohibition itself.

(*What's worse for the Afghans is the way the US sanctioned and seized Afghan assets after spending 20 years occupying the country.)

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