drug money funding U.S. allies and poppy growing

[John Thornton]

Any reputable seed store carries 'the right kind'. Try
www.thompson-morgan.com . Good place to start and they sell unusual
varieties that make you look like a horticulture buff to anyone who may be
watching. Try Papaver Commutatum or Papaver Orientale (Pizzicato, Brilliant,
or Coral) they are my favorites. The Meconopsis Betonicifloia are quite
beautiful but I grow them for their beauty only, they contain no opium.
It is perfectly legal to grow poppies but if the 'man' can show you are
growing them with the intent or even the knowledge of opium production you
can be busted. Any competent lawyer SHOULD be able to get you off provided
you're not caught with actual opium in you possession. That means don't have
Hogshires book lying about and a water pipe with opium resin in the bowl.
It's easier to just dry the heads after the petals fall, grind up 6 heads
keeping the seeds to replant and steep in hot water with a bag of chamomile
tea. 2 cups will definitely kill any headache even a migraine (provided you
can keep it down if you suffer from migraines). You need to grow a lot of
poppies to incise and extract opium from. It takes patience and might
attract attention. Have fun with whatever you decide.
John Thornton

----- Original Message -----
From: "alex lantsberg" <wideye at ziplink.net>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 4:19 PM
Subject: RE: drug money funding U.S. allies


> where would one get the seeds?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 1:38 PM
> To: lbo-talk
> Subject: drug money funding U.S. allies
>
>
> [Why do people import poppies from halfway around the world when they
> could grow them in their own backyards?]
>
> Agence France Presse - May 10, 2002
>
> DRUGS FUNDING WARLORDS: EXPERT
>
> Money earned from the opium and heroin trade in Afghanistan is what
> is allowing pro-US warlords in the country to operate, a high-profile
> Washington lawyer and expert in international financial crime said
> today.
>
> "The revenue of poppies is essential for the warlords supporting the
> United States," Jack Blum told a House panel focusing on
> international corruption.
>
> The country's largest domestic product, Blum explained, was heroin,
> and without the profit from the drug trade any government would be
> hard-pressed to provide for its people and support the war on
> terrorism.
>
> "It's a terrible, terrible dilemma, because it is the only source of
> revenue the state has," he said, adding the problem was being debated
> by governments trying to stop the drug trafficking.
>
> "It's possibly one of the most complicated, atrocious problems any
> one could understand," said Blum.
>
> Asked about chasing drug traffickers into neighbouring countries such
> as Pakistan in an effort to stem the flow, Blum said he had little
> hope such cross-border hunts would help.
>
> "The problem of corruption surrounding drugs on that route is
> absolutely astonishing, and I have no faith that any agreement to
> chase or not to chase would make any difference."
>
> Afghanistan is thought to be responsible for 75 per cent of the
> world's opium and 80 per cent of the heroin traded on the streets of
> Europe.
>
> The United States in February waived narcotics sanctions against
> Afghanistan despite the country's "demonstrable failure" to curb
> poppy cultivation in a move aimed at supporting the interim
> government in Kabul.
>
> The waiver was part of Washington's effort to reward and support the
> Afghan interim government led by Hamid Karzai that took power after
> the Taliban were ousted in the US-led war on terrorism.
>
>
>