Posted November 18th, 2004 at 12:40PM
UN warns of Afghan ‘drug state’
The UN has warned that Afghanistan could become a “narco-state” after opium cultivation rose by two-thirds this year.
A UN report released on Thursday urged the US and Nato forces to fight drugs as well as Taleban insurgents.
It said Afghanistan now supplied 87% of world opium. In 2003, the trade was worth $2.8bn, representing more than 60% of gross domestic product.
One in 10 Afghans are now estimated to be involved in the business.
The UN said it would be an “historical error” to abandon the nation to opium.
The UN Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004 said the drug was now the “main engine of economic growth and the strongest bond among previously quarrelsome peoples”.
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I thought the UN was made up of countries that had liberal drug policies.:ngbbs6:
Well, I didn’t know you supported the global heroin trade. Good to know. :yes:
I thought you opposed the drug war so isn;t this a good thing? :dunno[1]:
Simply because I don’t support the ‘war on drugs’, doesn’t mean I don’t condone hardcore drug use and, by extension, the global trade in it.
what would you have us do? talk about it? :blahblah: