The poppies will save them — or not

U.S. Kicks Drug-War Habit, Makes Peace With Afghan Poppies | Danger Room | Wired.com:

"Leave the poppies alone, and most Afghans will happily go about their business farming and selling the colorful crop — or so Ford’s line of thinking goes. Granted, once processed into heroin and distributed in Russian and European cities, heroin can become a pretty serious danger to public health. But that, frankly, is not the U.S. Army’s problem, whereas Afghan security is. "

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