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Showing posts with label opium. Show all posts

Showing posts with label opium. Show all posts

Jun 4, 2010

Why the Vietnamese Don't Want to Go to Rehab

Image by mkandlez via Flickr Drug treatment in Southeast Asia is brutal, exploitative, and practically worthless ...

Sep 2, 2009

U.N. Report Cites Sharp Drop in Opium Cultivation in Afghanistan - washingtonpost.com

Image via Wikipedia By Joshua Partlow Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, September 2, 2009 KABUL, Sept. 1 -- Cultivation in Afg...

Jul 21, 2009

In One Afghan Province, Votes for President Could Turn on Loss of Poppy Income

By Pamela Constable Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, July 21, 2009 FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- The economic fortunes of Badakhsha...

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