It's easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan
Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/07/afghan_heroin/
Britain is protecting the biggest heroin crop of all time
Afghanistan now exports not opium, but heroin. Opium is converted into heroin on an industrial scale, not in kitchens but in factories. Millions of gallons of the chemicals needed for this process are shipped into Afghanistan by tanker. The tankers and bulk opium lorries on the way to the factories share the roads, improved by American aid, with Nato troops.
http://tinyurl.com/2s49tu
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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/07/afghan_heroin/
Britain is protecting the biggest heroin crop of all time
Afghanistan now exports not opium, but heroin. Opium is converted into heroin on an industrial scale, not in kitchens but in factories. Millions of gallons of the chemicals needed for this process are shipped into Afghanistan by tanker. The tankers and bulk opium lorries on the way to the factories share the roads, improved by American aid, with Nato troops.
http://tinyurl.com/2s49tu
From Information Clearing House
rudkla - 9. Aug, 12:06
