| The worldwide illicit drugs business is
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| | citizenry in an unexpected and very
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| by far the most profitable illicit global
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| | negative way. Historically, poppy farmers
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| trade, says the United Nations Office on
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| | and citizens rarely used the drugs
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| Drugs and Crime (UNODC), earning some
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| | personally. Today, according to UN
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| $320 billion annually. Compared to this,
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| | reports, thousands of Afghani's are
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| human trafficking at $32 billion and
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| | abusing the drugs and becoming addicted,
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| illegal firearms at $1 billion are a drop
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| | and desperately need drug rehab. But the
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| in the bucket. Afghanistan, producing 92%
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| | country doesn't have the necessary
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| of the world's illegal opium from its
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| | infrastructure to support drug rehab
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| miles and miles of poppy farms, is by far
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| | facilities.
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| the world's largest contributor to the
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| | As for solutions, the U.S. is pushing for
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| production of illicit heroin and
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| | crop spraying and destruction. But
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| morphine. For millions of addicts around
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| | thousands of farmers will be out of work
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| the world, the dark force from
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| | and penniless. Replacing poppies with
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| Afghanistan that rules their lives can
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| | other crops won't work because there's no
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| only be overcome through drug rehab.
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| | distribution system for exporting
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| Not surprisingly, no one has come up with
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| | produce. Others are suggesting the opium
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| a workable idea on how to stop it. The
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| | trade be legitimized and production
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| problem is that the chain of
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| | redirected for medicines. But the health
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| "narcodollars" reaches from the poppy
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| | industry won't pay street prices to drug
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| farms all the way to the highest levels
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| | barons, so that probably won't fly.
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| of Afghanistan's government, with the
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| | Meanwhile, here in America we continue to
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| Taliban insurgents in the mix in a very
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| | deal with street drug crime and lives
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| big way. At $3.1 billion, the opium trade
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| | being ruined through opiate addiction.
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| is the equivalent of a third of the
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| | Until a solution is found to stop the
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| country's total economy. Last year's
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| | supplies of drugs from around the world,
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| 6,100 tons of opium was worth $60 billion
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| | we can try to prevent addiction by our
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| at street prices, and this year an even
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| | own example and through effective
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| larger crop is expected.
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| | education. And we must care for those who
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| As well as keeping the drug barons rich,
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| | suffer addiction with successful drug
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| the drug trade has affected Afghanistan's
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| | rehab programs that really work.
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