Monday, March 28, 2005

Afghanistan Poppy Production Down

Fire of Liberty

It seems the Karzai government has found some success in the poppy eradication policy. They just need to introduce more substitute crops that can work in the region. I even heard on cable news this weekend that the US government or several private labs have created a new microscopic fungus that kills all poppy plants and prevents anymore from growing while allowing the ground to be fertile for future alternative crops. Hopefully, they'll have the same results as our friends in Colombia have achieved in their eradication of cocoa plants.

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