By Michaela Whitton (ANTIMEDIA) One of the many catastrophic legacies left behind by the longest war in U.S. history is that Afghanistan produces 90% of the world’s opium. As with most parts of the world, […]
Contributed to TLB By William Edstrom The Brookings Institution reported that Barack Obama ended opium eradication efforts in Afghanistan in 2009, effectively green lighting Afghan opium production and the Afghan heroin trade. By 2010, all […]
By William Edstrom A heroin surge is shocking and awing Americans, 165,000 of who will be killed the next ten years. How does 415,000 kilograms (913,000 pounds) of heroin from US-occupied Afghanistan get to US […]
By Dr. Meryl Nass Recently I worked in another Maine city and was astonished at the number of patients I encountered who were using heroin. I had never seen anything like it, during a lifetime practicing […]
After 13 years of war, we haven’t defeated the Taliban, but we have managed to create a nation ruled by drug lords By: Matthieu Aikins Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan is named for the wide […]
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