1 hr 11 min
Ep 136: A New Dope Up is Down Podcast
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- Society & Culture
Greetings to the Living. Thank you for listening to Up Is Down and double-plus-good thanks to all who support this work. Today we look at Afghanistan banning all poppy growing (for real this time) and dealing with the truth of their complicity in the global heroin and fentanyl markets while facing their own escalating opium addiction crisis at home.
The announcement of the poppy ban coincides with the Taliban brokering new trade deals and rebuilding old ties with CCP. Yes, that CCP.
It is not news that Afghanistan is in the rebuilding process following the abrupt departure of US troops (mostly) but it may come as some surprise to learn about the history of Afghanistan's opium trade and their warm history with their neighbor to the east, only briefly interrupted by the US occupation over the past 20 years.
Afghanistan under US military occupation produced approximately 90% of the World’s illegal supply of opium which is used to produce heroin. The production of opium in Afghanistan registered a 49 fold increase since 2001.
In 2017, the production of opium in Afghanistan under US military occupation reached 9000 METRIC TONS.
Poppy is the ONLY cash crop and export of Afghanistan.
Banning or destroying the poppy fields appears to be a death blow to Afghanistan.
So why would they cancel the only commodity they have?
RELEVANT LINKS:
Heroin Addiction in America Spearheaded by US-led War on Afghanistan
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-hypocritical-concern-on-heroin-addiction-sustained-by-us-led-war-on-afghanistan/5628138
The CCP and Taliban, Old Friends
https://www.memri.org/reports/chinese-communist-party-ccp-and-taliban-are-old-friends
Heroin Addiction in US Result Of Unimpeded Afghan Supply
https://ahrp.org/devastating-u-s-heroin-epidemic-a-consequence-of-unimpeded-supply-from-afghanistan/
Why Is Fentanyl Everywhere?
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/why-is-fentanyl-suddenly-everywhere/
China's Involvement In Organized Crime In Mexico
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2022/02/23/how-is-china-tied-to-organized-crime-in-mexico/?sh=eb5d6d02bd1f
China - Mexico Cartel Alliance
https://coffeeordie.com/china-mexican-cartel-alliance
Taliban Begins Enforcing Poppy Ban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJ6DBuOfF0
Taliban's Opium Problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E9trGNXd4
Thank you for listening!
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Greetings to the Living. Thank you for listening to Up Is Down and double-plus-good thanks to all who support this work. Today we look at Afghanistan banning all poppy growing (for real this time) and dealing with the truth of their complicity in the global heroin and fentanyl markets while facing their own escalating opium addiction crisis at home.
The announcement of the poppy ban coincides with the Taliban brokering new trade deals and rebuilding old ties with CCP. Yes, that CCP.
It is not news that Afghanistan is in the rebuilding process following the abrupt departure of US troops (mostly) but it may come as some surprise to learn about the history of Afghanistan's opium trade and their warm history with their neighbor to the east, only briefly interrupted by the US occupation over the past 20 years.
Afghanistan under US military occupation produced approximately 90% of the World’s illegal supply of opium which is used to produce heroin. The production of opium in Afghanistan registered a 49 fold increase since 2001.
In 2017, the production of opium in Afghanistan under US military occupation reached 9000 METRIC TONS.
Poppy is the ONLY cash crop and export of Afghanistan.
Banning or destroying the poppy fields appears to be a death blow to Afghanistan.
So why would they cancel the only commodity they have?
RELEVANT LINKS:
Heroin Addiction in America Spearheaded by US-led War on Afghanistan
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-hypocritical-concern-on-heroin-addiction-sustained-by-us-led-war-on-afghanistan/5628138
The CCP and Taliban, Old Friends
https://www.memri.org/reports/chinese-communist-party-ccp-and-taliban-are-old-friends
Heroin Addiction in US Result Of Unimpeded Afghan Supply
https://ahrp.org/devastating-u-s-heroin-epidemic-a-consequence-of-unimpeded-supply-from-afghanistan/
Why Is Fentanyl Everywhere?
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/why-is-fentanyl-suddenly-everywhere/
China's Involvement In Organized Crime In Mexico
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2022/02/23/how-is-china-tied-to-organized-crime-in-mexico/?sh=eb5d6d02bd1f
China - Mexico Cartel Alliance
https://coffeeordie.com/china-mexican-cartel-alliance
Taliban Begins Enforcing Poppy Ban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJ6DBuOfF0
Taliban's Opium Problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E9trGNXd4
Thank you for listening!
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Consider joining us over at Patreon. It's not a big club but we want you in it. Perks include ad-free early release episodes, private chat and open DM's to yours truly, exclusive bonus content, access to ad-free Up Is Down archive, and ad-free early...
1 hr 11 min