The DEA is in Afghanistan !

I hate the Fucking DEA. They are a big part of the problem.

assholes.

We old timers from the '80s remember when we got bricks of Afghani hash stamped with the symbol of two crossed AK-47s and the legend "Smoke the Soviets Out." It was truly ironic propaganda. The hash had been processed/imported to the states by any number of US intelligence agencies (CIA, NSA, etc, etc.). The proceeds of which were used to support the Mujahidin. Those were the days.

and why is none of that hash around here? I have made my own and it is expensive! I dont see the problem for america here? I CANT FIND ANY HASH ; )

If im not mistaken opium production in Afghanistan has gone up drastically since we have been there. Any I like the Turkish pods better.

that sucks. the only thing better than weed is hash. except lsd. and ecstasy. and coke. damn you paternalistic global mentality!

i guess now we just have to be slaves without any fun breaks. :(

DEA SUCKS

yet another thing we SHOULD be protesting rather than wasting our time screaming about reforming healthcare insurance to protect people.

"Thats right, the War on Drugs just went Global !"

Voted down for that really stupid assertion. The DEA has been in Mexico and South America for at least the last two decades... last time I checked we did not own either.

And Americans wonder where all the good heroin comes from...We aint looking for Osama Bin Laden...

Yep, and they've been in central and south America for years... And although I haven't seen any documentation or articles, I have every other reason to believe they were in Vietnam....

Great post - It amazes me that American DEA agents can go into Afghanistan and try to regulate their drug trade and at the same time allow American pharmaceutical companies to purchase opium to be peddled in our health system.

Check this out.

http://current.com/items/90758899_this-ones-on-the-white-house.htm

This is just a dog and pony show for congress it isn't going to be as effective as the Taliban was at controlling the drug problem in 2000. While they did tolerate and profit from the drug trade for 6 years when they called for a ban they got 91% compliance in one year! Keep in mind neither Clinton or Bush could reduce demand in any meaningful way during their 8 years in office. (apparently execution is a potent form of rehab)

Like I said the funny part is drug trade was brought under controlled by the Taliban. Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar declared that growing poppies was un-Islamic (on July 2000) resulting in one of the world's most successful anti-drug campaigns. As a result of this ban, opium poppy cultivation was reduced by 91% from the previous year's estimate of 82,172 hectares. The ban was so effective that Helmand Province, which had accounted for more than half of this area, recorded no poppy cultivation during the 2001 season.

When the Taliban fell it lead to the collapse of the economy. The scarcity of other sources of revenue forced many of the country's farmers to resort back to growing opium for export.

There have been assertions that opium production is protected by the government of Hamid Karzai as well as by the Taliban as it is the only export crop they have of value.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/magazine/27AFGHAN-t.html?_r=1&hp

Until today I supported the mission in Afghanistan.

So what are these people going to do for money now then? Somehow I dont think that the afghan government are going to fork out enough dole money to feed all those familys!

if we werent so busy bickering at each other while they pick our bones clean !

It blows my mind that people are driven to violence over government spending (ie healthcare). Yet how many billions of dollars are being wasted on programs like this?

I'm all for less taxes/government/spending. And these teabaggers claim the same, but it seems all most of them do is complain about Obama. If they were ACTUALLY protesting goverment spending, programs like this would be front and center.

Those helmet cams are pretty badass. US military technology is extremely advanced... and expensive.

Great more tax dollars for a cause that will never be...

As in the USA, the drug warriors use opium ("hard" drugs) as a pretext, and end up mostly busting cannabis farmers/users. To a great degree because cannabis folks tend to not be as hard core, and easier in general to bust. So the drug wars actual effects throughout time have been to limit our societies access to the least harmful of the illegals, while increasing profits for the "pushers".
Cannabis has so many food fiber and fuel benefits for indigenous based agricultural societies that to be disrupting their lives in this way for hash is truly criminal.

I doubt it. Afghan's want the poppy trade out of their country almost as bad as the DEA does. They know that it brings violence and poverty.

"that country needs to move away from the drug trade and start making useful products."
any suggestions?
maybe a volvo plant somewhere, a couple of factory farms?
just because big brother comes in and says 'stop' doesn't mean we'll stop. we'll just get more clever and you'll spend tons of cash trying to keep up.
meanwhile, market prices go up and it turns into a cycle that the american taxpayer pays out the butt for.

look at all that hash, did you hear the one guy say he wanted a sample out of every bag? hehe me too !
this is some scary shit. i thought it was just about opium.
hash is from cannabis isnt it.....you think people get pissed when you kill there family ? now your taking their drugs.......we just started ww3

Good, that country needs to move away from the drug trade and start making useful products. If it takes the DEA to do that then hell yeah, roll on brothers.

they could spend all the money they want chasing the golden triad forever.....now maybe they will leave the american cannabis lovers alone...doubt it though !