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Discussion: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
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 Randall_Berger |
Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Feb 27 2008, 4:01 AM EST How about we stop the war on drug distribution and fight the war where the drugs come from. How about we put some of that great genetic engineering into creating a blight on the opium poppy and cocaine plant. If Afghanistan, Burma and Columbia suddenly find their crops dead, the really deadly drugs will dry up. This would be Positive Genetic Modification. Might even work on the tobacco plant, as well. 41 out of 76 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Feb 27 2008, 4:16 AM EST Can't agree with that... though I agree we need to stop the war on drugs (hence my other post), I think whether people do drugs should be up to the individual. Of course, for hard drugs, and problems like addiction, I think we need to treat these people as in need of medical help - not treat them as criminals. That said, many illegal drugs are (mostly) harmless. The GM idea is reckless... it amounts to biological warfare, and ould have unintended consequences (on the upside... it would starve terrorists of funding). 8 out of 14 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Andy38 Andy38 |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Feb 27 2008, 6:48 AM EST " (on the upside... it would starve terrorists of funding)."So would legalization. The Americans have been trying supply side intervention for decades, this is a real war not just a metaphorical one, the Afghan occupation has even been sidetracked from it's main mission in an attempt to stop opium farming. 5 out of 10 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Randall_Berger |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Feb 27 2008, 3:21 PM EST " The Taliban ... not that I support them in any way ... did nearly stop poppy farming in Afghanistan when they were in power ... and it only came back when they were kicked out. 10 out of 12 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Mar 4 2008, 10:02 AM EST Australia should take military action against countries where drugs are produced?? Really? 2 out of 7 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Randall_Berger |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Mar 4 2008, 3:18 PM EST "Australia should take military action against countries where drugs are produced?? Really?" No, the point is Australia ... or someone ... should take scientific action against drug producers, not the countries ... most of these drugs are plant-derived ... send in a GM version that doesn't mature ... or create a blight in a lab. No poppies, no opium. 2 out of 6 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Mar 8 2008, 12:42 AM EST 93% of heroin now comes from Afghanistan ... we have to do something about that. 4 out of 5 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Mar 8 2008, 6:23 PM EST I agree ... not a single shot need be fired ... just send a drone over the poppy fields sewing a genetically modified blight to make the poppy heads drop off or stop the alkalines developing. Bingo. 93% of heroin of the market. 2 out of 5 found this valuable. Do you? |
 Sympneology |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Mar 9 2008, 12:29 AM EST The "war on drugs" is even more phony than the "war on terror". As pointed out above, the Taliban stopped opium poppy farming in the areas they controlled, resulting in the heroin drought which led people to switch to ice and crack. Now that the Northern Alliance has regained control of most of the country there is a glut of very pure heroin on the market resulting in an epidemic of overdoses. Any attempt to destroy the poppy crops would be taken as an attack on the NA warlords who are allied to the NATO countries trying to control Afghanistan. It might be desirable as an idea but in practice it would be a political disaster. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Apr 18 2008, 3:49 AM EDT i saw the thread and thought - wow, and crash afghanistans economy? it may be corrupt, but it is still supporting a population - you can drop some genetically modified substance over a country's largest export without putting a structure into place to support the population financially. and as sympneology mentioned, alternative drugs will be used anyway - gloomy tho it may sound, it would be near impossible to eliminate all illicit drugs in the world at the source. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Sympneology |
RE: Take The War On Drugs to the Source
Apr 18 2008, 5:10 AM EDT "i saw the thread and thought - wow, and crash afghanistans economy? it may be corrupt, but it is still supporting a population - you can drop some genetically modified substance over a country's largest export without putting a structure into place to support the population financially. and as sympneology mentioned, alternative drugs will be used anyway - gloomy tho it may sound, it would be near impossible to eliminate all illicit drugs in the world at the source."The opiium poppy is not the problem, the problem is the the refined product, heroin, being sold on the black market in a billion dollar crime network that launders its profits through legitimate corporations. The legal opium poppy crop, like that in Tasmania, is essential to supply morphine for medical use. Like the hemp plant and the coca vine, the prohibition of opium growing supports crime and retards health research. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |