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ckramer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-04 05:01 PM
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U.N.: Afghanistan Sees Increase in Opium
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Heroin production is booming in Afghanistan, undermining democracy and putting money in the coffers of terrorists, according to a U.N. report Thursday that called on U.S. and NATO led forces get more involved in fighting drug traffickers.

This year's cultivation was up by nearly two-thirds, it found. Bad weather and disease kept production from setting a record, although Afghanistan still accounted for 87 percent of the world supply, up from 76 percent in 2003.

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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-04 05:04 PM
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1. Just wait till cheap heroin finds its way to U.S. streets
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-18-04 05:08 PM
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2. i live in a very very rural red area of upstate NY total 420 students K-12
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1 school in the school district which covers a 300 square mile...6 heroine over doses in 4 months...heroine use in our school kids is running rampid here..these kids think just because they aren't mainlining it and only snorting it, that they can't become junkies...it is so scary
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