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Afghanistan: Troops Guarding the Poppy Fields

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Couldn't let that flow of drugs into the US/Russia and China stop.. had to invade Afghanistan, and secure the flow..

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Amazingly- as the above graph indicates- Opium production was almost completely eliminated under the Taliban.. good thing we got rid of them!
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This came out today:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qME6Ta9InY4[/youtube]
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You know they use this stuff for legitimate medical purposes, like, all the time, right?
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Here's a shorter version of the story, set to music...you're welcome. :coffee:

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free7694 wrote:You know they use this stuff for legitimate medical purposes, like, all the time, right?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

He couldn't care less. :dunce: :dunce:
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I tried making my own heroin and got really sick. Ended up in the hospital, then spent several years in federal prison, I think.
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D1B wrote:I tried making my own heroin and got really sick. Ended up in the hospital, then spent several years in federal prison, I think.
The sudden butt pain made you suspicious?
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CAA Flagship wrote:
D1B wrote:I tried making my own heroin and got really sick. Ended up in the hospital, then spent several years in federal prison, I think.
The sudden butt pain made you suspicious?
No, the AIDS diagnosis though is making me wonder.

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free7694 wrote:You know they use this stuff for legitimate medical purposes, like, all the time, right?
Yeah, and Marijuana is used for medical reasons, and even Cocaine.. but you don't see our soldiers guarding Coca plantations in Columbia (but we do have a lot of troops there still).. or walking around protecting Marijuana growers' plantations in Jamaica..

You think it's just a coincidence that Opium production has gone through the roof in Afghanistan under the careful watch of our soldiers using our taxpayer dollars, and at the same time there has been a huge spike in the amount of people using Heroin in this country, which is cheaper than ever?
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expandspanos wrote:
free7694 wrote:You know they use this stuff for legitimate medical purposes, like, all the time, right?
Yeah, and Marijuana is used for medical reasons, and even Cocaine.. but you don't see our soldiers guarding Coca plantations in Columbia (but we do have a lot of troops there still).. or walking around protecting Marijuana growers' plantations in Jamaica..

You think it's just a coincidence that Opium production has gone through the roof in Afghanistan under the careful watch of our soldiers using our taxpayer dollars, and at the same time there has been a huge spike in the amount of people using Heroin in this country, which is cheaper than ever?
Massive global overseas trade has made it impossible to stop most drugs from reaching our shores.
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expandspanos wrote:
free7694 wrote:You know they use this stuff for legitimate medical purposes, like, all the time, right?
Yeah, and Marijuana is used for medical reasons, and even Cocaine.. but you don't see our soldiers guarding Coca plantations in Columbia (but we do have a lot of troops there still).. or walking around protecting Marijuana growers' plantations in Jamaica..

You think it's just a coincidence that Opium production has gone through the roof in Afghanistan under the careful watch of our soldiers using our taxpayer dollars, and at the same time there has been a huge spike in the amount of people using Heroin in this country, which is cheaper than ever?
Damn, free7694, you better up your game if you're going to hang around here. You got bitched by spando... :shock:
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D1B wrote:
expandspanos wrote:
Yeah, and Marijuana is used for medical reasons, and even Cocaine.. but you don't see our soldiers guarding Coca plantations in Columbia (but we do have a lot of troops there still).. or walking around protecting Marijuana growers' plantations in Jamaica..

You think it's just a coincidence that Opium production has gone through the roof in Afghanistan under the careful watch of our soldiers using our taxpayer dollars, and at the same time there has been a huge spike in the amount of people using Heroin in this country, which is cheaper than ever?
Massive global overseas trade has made it impossible to stop most drugs from reaching our shores.
We've been losing the "War on Some Drugs" for 50 years.. :coffee:

Patriotic Americans should smoke only US-grown reefer.... :nod:
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You know damn well Rush Limbaugh was relieved when he saw this...

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Plus the drug dealers over in Afghanistan-Pakistan and Northern India hid their drugs in honey barrels. It cannot be detected by dogs I guess.

Thought that was pretty creative being a 'honey man' myself.

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Bison Fan in NW MN wrote:Plus the drug dealers over in Afghanistan-Pakistan and Northern India hid their drugs in honey barrels. It cannot be detected by dogs I guess.

Thought that was pretty creative being a 'honey man' myself.

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You know, I was thinking the other day...

From their vantage point, which is shrouded by secrecy, they are able to plan, scheme, and choreograph the events of the world. In other words, things don’t just happen to happen. They happen because someone wants them to happen and has the power to make them happen. It is spiritual wickedness in high places according to Ephesians 6:12. Thus, the major events of history happened by design and manipulation. This includes every major war and revolution. One of these high-ranking Illuminists openly admitted to all of this. The late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt brazenly stated, “….if it happened, you can bet that we planned it that way.”
Most of Walt Disney’s films are metaphors and allegories. The same thing is true of movies like “The Wizard Of Oz.” Both of these films are steeped in the Occult and loaded (Pardon the pun) with drug references. We’ll concentrate on just a few of them here. One example is people that are using cocaine. When they get their dose of SNOW WHITE, they are gonna get HAPPY, SNEEZY, SLEEPY, GRUMPY, DOPEY (DOPE), BASHFUL, then you head to the DOC.

Cocaine is sometimes called: Snow, White Lady, Charlie, Coke, Powder and even Snow White.
The names of the 7 dwarfs are in order…...Happy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Dopey, (DOPE) Bashful , and Doc.. Why does Disney put an emphasis on “Dwarfs?” Why couldn’t they be just “people?” Or men? Or women?..etc. What are “Dwarfs?” Why are they made to be important? Why are “midgets” and “poppies” (DRUG REFERENCE) important in the “Wizard of Oz?” Is there something that ties all of this together? In ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are the poppies that the witch creates to put Dorothy and her friends asleep the same thing as opium? Why do you think the United States is in Afghanistan? It’s because of the CIA led drug trade of Opium. It has nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden. He’s long dead. It has nothing to do with “protecting our freedoms”. It is only about black market drugs which our intelligence operations control. DO YOU GET IT?

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Opium, codeine, Morphine, Heroine, Darvocet, Percocet, Oxycontin, Demerol, Vicodin, to name a few, are all derived from the sedative plant the Opium Poppy. Let’s read on….

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Snow White is a movie that indiscreetly makes reference to the drug white gold. For one, her name is Snow White, the color of cocaine. Snow White has black hair…so where does the term “Snow White” come from? She doesn’t wear the color white. Cocaine is referred to as “Snow White” or “White Snow” or “Snow” in the drug culture. It is an allegory that is used by Disney to promote the underground drug culture and mind control.

This right here is a dead giveaway! The names of the dwarfs are named after the symptoms of cocaine usage! People that are addicted to cocaine speak of the drug as almost a sexual relationship….SNOW WHITE?
Their beards were also white, it seems they would be that way because they are old, but it’s only that way to the untrained eye. To anyone who knows about the drug culture, they know EXACTLY what the white beards mean! And they all have hats…look at the hats from back to front in this picture. The hats go up, down, up, down, up down..etc…DO YOU SEE THAT? It’s a drug reference of being “up” and “crashing” constantly. Not only sexually, but mentally as well….Also, see the “doc” is the only one without a diamond pick….

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It also looks like they work in a diamond mine, but those are no ordinary diamonds, they are crack diamonds, which they process into their drug of cocaine.

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All of them are guilty of the crime of being a drug reference. The “Doc” is the one who enables them with their “drug of choice” and fixes them when the user tears up their nose. Let’s look at them in the order that they were intended:
1. Happy – Cocaine puts you in a euphoric state of mind, and this guy is the perfect example. So much cocaine usage has left him in a blissful state. It’s tragic. But this is what initially sucks the user into this destructive drug..You are happy and in a state of euphoria….at first.
2. Sneezy – Now this is a sad case, to most people when he has his finger up to his nose it may seem he is stifling a sneeze, but in reality, this poor midget is getting his fix of coke by putting it on his finger. The other dwarfs think he has a sneezing problem, but he is much smarter than them. Hiding your habit by putting it on your nose…..But this goes without saying. Sneezing is a major symptom with cocaine users. People! Use common sense! What animator would use a character of “sneezy”, combined with all the rest of the symptoms we’ve pointed out unless it was a drug reference that went up your nose? This isn’t rocket science…
3. Sleepy – You become sleepy from doing cocaine. Too much cocaine makes this guy seem like a sufferer of narcolepsy. The problem is, since cocaine is a major “upper’ it most likely will not let the user sleep. Even though they crave sleep..
4. Bashful – When you do cocaine you go into withdrawal after the initial “High”...It leads to a feeling of isolation and depression and a general feeling of wanting to stay away from other people.
5. Dopey – When you hear Snow White, you either think of her or this dwarf. He may be the goofiest of the dwarfs, but wouldn’t you be if you were a cocaine symptom, he always runs around with the over sized tunic and ears looking ridiculous and also crazy. He’s pretty much level-headed when he doesn’t take his cocaine. But dopey (DOPE), is what ALL cocaine users become.
6. Grumpy – After a while on a cocaine high, you get angry, just as this curmudgeonly old bastard does. Oh the “Doc” will tell you “He just has a mental imbalance” but while on cocaine he’s a rambling psychotic, dangerous to talk to and more dangerous to interact with. Men that are on cocaine are more likely to abuse their spouse when high on this drug. The lack of sleep, even though the user is sleepy leads to this symptom…Also, depression, anger (grumpy) and a host of other symptoms are related to this.
7. Doc – You’ll need one to do repairs on your nose or get you more for medicinal purposes…The “doc” actually becomes an enabler….DO YOU SEE WHAT’S GOING ON?

Hummmm, Snow White and the seven dwarfs…..What does it REALLY mean? It should be obvious by now..
What it looks like: Comes as a white powder. (SNOW WHITE).

The risks users take: Tremors, muscle twitching, craving can turn cocaine into an expensive habit. Damaged nose membranes and nose bleeds. Damaged veins, HIV & Hepatitis (if it’s injected), Heart attack and death if a large amount is taken, also expect accidents due to slowed reactions. Mixing cocaine with other drugs such as heroin (a speedball) is particularly dangerous. That’s how Saturday night live comic John Belushi died.
THE LAW:
Cocaine is classified as a Class A drug.
1.Having or using Cocaine can lead to 7 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine.
2.Supplying Cocaine (which includes passing it on to a friend) is punishable by up to life imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.
3.Getting a criminal record can make it more difficult to travel abroad or get certain jobs.
There are ALOT of Disney movies that have some relation to drugs. Here are some examples:
Dumbo: dumbo drinks a barrel of a mysterious liquid, has very odd dreams and wakes up in a tree in the middle of who knows where…
Peter Pan: sprinkles ‘fair dust’ *que finger quotations such as dr. evil does on Austin powers on the children, next thing you know they are on adventures in a mysterious land where they can fly and never age…
Mary Poppins: every night feeds the children ‘medicine’ and then they jump into paintings and have yet more adventures…”A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down” What medicine are they speaking of? And why do we need sugar to help the “medicine” go down? And why would this seemingly trivial concept be a flagship song in a major motion picture? This is a big manipulation…...DO YOU SEE THAT?

Alice in Wonderland: eats magic ‘mushrooms’. You can also see a blue Demonic being obviously smoking out of a bong…PEOPLE! WAKE UP!!

C’mon people this is obviously drug lord programing the minds of future generations to become potential buyers…
THE TRUTH MUST BE EXPOSED! After this report, you can’t possibly miss it! If you do, it’s because you are not resolute in finding the truth and you choose to be in the darkness….
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New article from Yesterday:

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After 12 Yrs of U.S. Occupation, Afghanistan Sets Record for Growing Opium -


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Men working in a field of opium poppies in Helmand Province in Afghanistan on April 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)

(CNSNews.com) - After 12 years of occupation by U.S. military forces, Afghanistan set a record for growing opium poppies in 2013, according to newly released data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

“Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached a sobering record high in 2013,” said the UNODC. “According to the 2013 Afghanistan Opium Survey, cultivation amounted to some 209,000 hectares, outstripping the earlier record in 2007 of 193,000 hectares, and representing a 36 per cent increase over 2012.”

In fact, according to the latest worldwide data on opium-poppy cultivation, Afghanistan dedicates more land to the cultivation of opium poppies than all of the rest of the world combined.

According to the UNODC’s “World Drug Report,” published in May--which included data for the world’s primary opium producing regions through 2011--the 131,000 hectares that was devoted to opium cultivation in Afghanistan that year was more than the combined 76,500 hectares used to cultivate opium poppies in other places. This included the 43,600 hectares in Myanmar, the 12,000 hectares in Mexico, the 4,100 hectares in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the 362 hectares in Pakistan, the 338 hectares in Columbia, and the combined 16,100 hectares under in various other countries.

After the Sept. 11, 2001 al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the United States, the U.S. sent military forces into Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban regime there and deny al Qaeda the use of that country as a sanctuary. That year, according to UNODC, Afghanistan had a recorded low of 7,606 hectares under cultivation with opium poppies (in 2000, by contrast, Afghanistan had had 82,171 hectares under cultivation).

In the years following 2001, the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan generally increased, especially after President Barack Obama took office in 2009 and launched a military surge there.

As of Sept. 2002, a year after the terrorist attacks, there were 10,400 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to the Congressional Research Service. In January 2009, the month Barack Obama was first inaugurated, there were 32,800 U.S. troops there. By December 2009, there were 69,000. And, by September 2010, there were 98,000.

As of this October, the latest month reported by NATO, there were 60,000 U.S. troops still on the ground in Afghanistan—27,200 more (or 83 percent more) than 32,800 who were there when Obama took office.

Despite the significant long-term U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, the top opium cultivating regions in that country are provinces in the nation’s south and west that lie along the borders of Iran and Pakistan. These include Helmand province, which borders on Pakistan; Kandahar province, which borders on Pakistan; Farah province, which borders on Iran; Nimroz province which borders on Iran and Pakistan; and Nangarhar province, which borders on Pakistan.

According to the UNODC report, “the vast majority of opium cultivation remained confined to the country’s Southern and Western provinces, which are dominated by insurgency and organized criminal networks.”
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