Afghan Opium.

Bringing the world to it's knees.

Yesterday the UN came out with a report about the wast production of opium in Afghanistan. Urging the world to take the drug situation in Afghanistan more serious.

The report from the UN Offices on Drugs And Crime (UNODC) tells a hard story. A story of a country run by the production of Opium and other drugs. The statistics show that this is the source of income for not just Talibans and the terrorists. The country it built on growing poppy. 3,3 million of the Afghanistan population are working with producing opium. Even the president Hamid Karzai has bin known to own poppy fields.

The problem is that Afghanistan manages to stand for 92% of all the opium in the world. 900 tons leave the country every year. And that's not all, 350 tons of heroin is also exiting the country annually. Only 2% is stopped from leaving the country.

This is the source. This is why the war goes on. This is why people are still scared. If the opium would stop flowing the money would run out. Without that money terror and suffering would be a thing of the past for a lot of people. It's the drug money that is fueling the Taliban.

My question are -Why was the opium problem not a major issue in the beginning of the Afghan war? -Why are the U.S and their allies not smart enough to see that this is the source?

What is need now is a substitute for the opium. Support the farmer so they can make money by growing something other than poppy. Deal with the wide spread corruption and lives would not only be saved in Afghanistan.

For more check The UN's web page www.un.org or the direct link http://tiny.cc/Zlitz

I will do my part as well. I will not do heroin or opium. Not that I have before. Okay, but that one time doesn't count ;)

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