Comments on: Afghan poppies http://www.gavinsblog.com/2008/09/07/hmm-3/ Estd. in Ireland, July 2002 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Buying poppies from Afghanis | Gavin's Blog http://www.gavinsblog.com/2008/09/07/hmm-3/comment-page-1/#comment-671379 Buying poppies from Afghanis | Gavin's Blog Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:20:41 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=3346#comment-671379 [...] for visiting!Interesting to see that the idea is not being entirely discounted. I posted on it a few months back. Vague said analysts had suggested that the United States buy Afghanistan’s illicit drug [...] [...] for visiting!Interesting to see that the idea is not being entirely discounted. I posted on it a few months back. Vague said analysts had suggested that the United States buy Afghanistan’s illicit drug [...]

]]> By: Gavin Sheridan http://www.gavinsblog.com/2008/09/07/hmm-3/comment-page-1/#comment-580651 Gavin Sheridan Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:08:56 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=3346#comment-580651 It's odd alright Dan. Any detractors out there? It’s odd alright Dan.

Any detractors out there?

]]> By: Dan Sullivan http://www.gavinsblog.com/2008/09/07/hmm-3/comment-page-1/#comment-580092 Dan Sullivan Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:01:51 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=3346#comment-580092 That is an excellent question and if we joined that up with the idea that people who are addicted should register as such and the state could then look to give them enough to function we could square the circle of most petty crime being drug related. After all with so much cutting and product lost in the smuggling process, we'd have bought more than enough to meet demand. But we won't See the thing is we're (society) not really that interested in dealing with the drug problem because we don't want to face up to what the problem is. That is an excellent question and if we joined that up with the idea that people who are addicted should register as such and the state could then look to give them enough to function we could square the circle of most petty crime being drug related. After all with so much cutting and product lost in the smuggling process, we’d have bought more than enough to meet demand.

But we won’t See the thing is we’re (society) not really that interested in dealing with the drug problem because we don’t want to face up to what the problem is.

]]> By: Gavin Sheridan http://www.gavinsblog.com/2008/09/07/hmm-3/comment-page-1/#comment-579982 Gavin Sheridan Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:46:51 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=3346#comment-579982 No worries. No worries.

]]> By: Anthony Sheridan http://www.gavinsblog.com/2008/09/07/hmm-3/comment-page-1/#comment-579727 Anthony Sheridan Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:48:47 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=3346#comment-579727 Thanks for the link Gavin Thanks for the link Gavin

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