Afghanistan Opium

America's Drug Crisis: Brought to You by the CIA

Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Dave Lindorff

Next time you see a junkie sprawled at the curb, or read about someone who died of a heroin overdose, imagine a big yellow sign posted next to him or her saying: "Your Federal Tax Dollars at Work."

Iraq, Afghanistan: Lessons From the Pros

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 10.21.2009 | World


Martin Varsavsky

Failed policies in the Middle East could be reshaped by learning from those who have managed to do surprisingly well for themselves: the Israelis, the Iranians and the Afghan drug lords.

Afghanistan's Opium Boom May Be Over

Yahoo! News | VIVIENNE WALT | Posted 10.18.2009 | World


Could Afghanistan's opium boom be over? Perhaps. According to the latest report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, opium cultivation has...

Afghanistan Elections Could Hinge On Provincial Poppy Production

The Washington Post | Pamela Constable | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- The economic fortunes of Badakhshan province, a remote and wildly beautiful corner of far northeastern Afghanistan, have rise...

Is the Media Finally Getting it On Drug Policy?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media


Maia Szalavitz

With the Mexican drug war completely out of control, Afghanistan supplying 90% of the world's opium, and our economy in collapse, the media has finally begun to seriously question our approach.

Obama Must End the War on Drugs -- or Mexico and Afghanistan Will Collapse

Johann Hari | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics


Johann Hari

We now have a chance to bankrupt the Mexican cartels, the Taliban, the Bloods and the Crips, and the gangs that are shooting their way across world -- before they cause the collapse of two countries.

2 1/2 Tons Of Marijuana Found In Afghan School

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 01.21.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and coalition troops found and destroyed 2.5 tons of marijuana in an abandoned school in southern Afghanistan, while...

In Pictures: The Neglected War In Afghanistan

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In the years since the initial invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the nation's attention has steadily turned away from a mission that the Bush administr...