by Tim Thumb

Created on: July 24, 2008   Last Updated: October 03, 2011

Do They Really Care?

I do realise that opiates are used in hospitals and so on. But I do think it is highly plausible that certain elitist forces are playing a part in the trafficking of opium. Yes poppies need to be grown for medicine but the vast quantities that are being produced far exceed that of which is needed for meds.

Ok so what does the media say about the boom in opium poppy cultivation...well they blame the Taliban of course and tell us how the bush regime are set on curbing this production of opium. What an utter load of rubbish, put bluntly, liars!

How do you feel when I tell you that under the Taliban the production of opium was at an all time low? Are you thinking that is a load of rubbish? Well the UN Drug and Crimes Office do not think it is.

The Taliban were successful with a drug eradication program and in 2001 (before invasion) they had cut the opium production by 94%. In 2001 according to the UN figures the production had fallen to 185 tonnes. But funnily enough in October November 2001 (invasion) the production drastically started to escalate.

In 2006 the UN Drug and Crimes Office estimated the crop would reach 6,100 tonnes. (3200% increase in 5 years) Cultivation in 2006 reached an all time high making a new record of 165,000 hectares. In 2005 it was at 104,000 hectares but under the Taliban it was at 7,606 hectares.... are you starting to understand the point? The UN believe that 92% of the worlds opium is coming out of Afghanistan...opium of course is used to make heroin.

In 2006 it was believed that the opium trade was making Afghanistan 2.7 billion dollars. But don't get yourselves confused because of course that money does not go to the infrastructure of the country. So who gets the money? More than 95% of the revenue goes to business syndicates, organised crime and surprise, surprise financial institutes and banking. A fraction goes to the farmers and traders. Now one of the first things when a regime change happens (by force) is the banks become centralised to the world banks.... work it out.

Assuming the heroin is 50% pure the British annual turnover from Afghan opium would exceed 120 BILLION dollars a year, on average they think its only 36% pure.... you do the math.

Based on 2003 figures, drug trafficking constitutes "the 3rd biggest global commodity after oil and arms trade." Well we already know they are oil and arms dealers. What makes you think they haven't monopolised the opium?

Afghanistan and Columbia are the 2 biggest

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