The World's Insatiable Appetite For Illicit Drugs:

December 16-2007:

The Insatiable Demand For Illegal Drugs Worldwide:

The War On Drugs In Afghanistan:

In Afghanistan it is a losing battle for the following reasons:

* Poppy growing in the outskirts of that country, especially among the poorest farmers has a very lengthy history:

* Telling poor farmers to stop growing poppy, and plant other cash crops without guarantees and subsidies will never be accepted there.

* The poppy growing farmers are given up front money for crops that has not even been sown.

* Because of poverty and indebtedness among most farmers. The Drug Lords prosper via loan sharking contracts.

* Many farmers tried growing the suggested crops from seeds given to them by the Karzai government. But when the crops were harvested most of these farmers could not deliver same to the markets. Or even reap these crops in time for selling them miles away from the fields.

* Most poppy farmers have little of no education or other skills to survive in any other trade or working environment. So the Talban, the War Lords, and El Qaeda knows this, and is willing to bribe these people with sums of money for growing this very lucrative crop.

* Drugs on the international markets bring millions of dollars in trade, which finances the cost for guns, munitions, food, infrastructure, and other essentials to these terrorist groups worldwide.

Without Demand-The Supply Of Drugs Will Evaporate:

America's war on drugs can never be won because the demand is greater right here in American for every kind of illegal drug. Americans will go at great lengths to acquire these illegal drugs from any country, state, region, or party that could keep the supply flowing into the USA. And to ensure that the people who could hinder this trade are properly compensated. Which includes political representatives, border agents, senators, judges, immigration officials,the police, and private investors throughout this country.

American's insatiable appetite for illegal or recreational drugs are un-imaginable. And is the world's principal market, distribution centers, and international money laundering clearinghouse for the billions of US dollars that are realized from this illicit trade.

Can Afghanistan Win Their war on Drugs & Internal Terror?

The war on drugs and terror in Afghanistan MUST be seen and addressed as ONE entity. Because they both depend upon each other for survival, growth, and longevity. When you have a population that are three to one in illiteracy, where un-employment is rife throughout the land, where the government has never been totally in charge of the entire country administerially, and where the political and economic infrastructure is stricken with corruption, greed, and partisan alliances.

This war will take decades to reach some form of containment, much less victory. And the SPINGAR or (White Heroin) of Afghanistan is the best heroin money can buy. So the international demand is HUGE for it! Meanwhile the Taliban and El Qaeda is gaining ground in large provinces within the south of Afghanistan, where the government has very little overall supervision or control.

With an ever increasing and angry population, that are wary with promises from the central government that is never kept. The Taliban, the War Lords, and El Qaeda, will step in to fill the void with money, promises for a better livelihood, for those who are willing and brave enough to defy the government, grow poppy, or join these terrorist groups.

Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.