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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:39 AM Original message |
Why doesn't the USA buy the Afghan poppies, process them into meds, and distribute them to the poor? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, you answered your own question... |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is what Turkey did to fight their problem, but it led to massive stockpiles. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. What's wrong with massive stockpiles of painkillers? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. I blame Christian fundamentalism. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Ah, I think you're off base with that. Resistance to real world drug policy seems to run the gamut |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. True, but it seems to me |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Interesting outside the box idea. And agree, "easier said than done". |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. "Outside the box"? I think it's actually the obvious solution. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. But... but... but... |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. LOL. The '1984' meme applies, perhaps. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "We have always been at war with the Northern Alliance" |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. We might even have to resort to dropping bombs on wedding parties in this country. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. It would never work unless you allow BIG PHARMA in on the deal. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because it's the obvious, intelligent, and compassionate solution. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. K & R |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Maybe in a sane world? nt |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yeah, too bad that's not the world we live in. nt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. i take 50-70mg. of methadone every day for chronic pain, as well as a vicoprofen or three... |
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