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   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article  gareth erskine-jones   
    writes:   
      
   >I think there's definitely merit in allowing them to grow opium and   
   >then buying it to use in western hospitals. There's a lack of   
   >political will though, because although the UK has chronic shortages   
   >of diamorphine, the USA doesn't use it. The Australians probably   
   >wouldn't be too pleased to have the Afghan opium harvest made legit -   
   >it would ruin their opium industry.   
      
   If the opium trade were made legal, there would be a lot less money in it.   
   Legitimate buyers would buy directly from the growers, cutting off Taliban   
   funding, and also many of the growers would possibly switch to other crops   
   since opium would be much less profitable than it is now under prohibition.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
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