Quote Originally Posted by wsteve55 View Post
But it's simple,really, you pay the farmers in Aghanistan, twice what they get now,to grow spud's,or whatever,instead of poppies! It's a pittance what they receive for the opium crop, so they would be receptive,And whatever it cost,it would be a drop in the ocean,compared to the cost of so-called drug enforcement policies,now!
With so many international military forces,already in the country,I find it strange that opium production has actually increased???
This is pretty much what they do. We tried this in Colombia and it was a fiasco. Far too much drug money involved.
Funnily enough, the Taliban banned the growing of poppies. We don't encourage the growth of poppies over there but a lot of the time its the only income they have.