The Afghan drugs case

[Kshasty]

Fight against drug production has been an important issue world wide. Different tactics have been used to prevent it, but there is no unique solution that can be used in all cases. That is why cooperation among international community is vital.

One factor that might make aerial spraying less effective in Afghanistan than in Columbia is that the drug trafficking in Afghanistan is more closely linked with regional narco-terrorist networks, which in the Afghan case extend throughout Eurasia. For this reason, NATO and Russia might find it more profitable to pursue another Russian idea—better integrating the multilateral interdiction efforts aimed to counter the Afghan narcotics problem. In addition to Ivanov’s call to increase the exchange of information on the production and distribution of Afghan narcotics, Russian officials have been proposing for many years that NATO cooperate directly with the Moscow-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Afghanistan and other Eurasian security issues.

http://valdaiclub.com/content/afghan-drugs-case

[the other one]

1. OR legalize and regulate.

First we eliminate the profit for the illegal dealers, then we treat users like people, not criminals.

That would end the need to even be in Afghanistan.

[deconstruct911]

3. The International Council on Security and Development

has proposed the licensing of opium in Afghanistan for pharmaceutical purposes.

It is based on the premise that there are two problems that need to be solved:

1)Afghanistan's reliance on opium;
2)A lack of opiate-based medicines available for pharmaceutical purposes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senlis_Council

I doubt it will ever happen to any legitimate extent or at all.

[NikRik]

2. Kick!