Afghan Opium Yields Highest Ever

Monday, September 3, 2007

Cultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan reached a record level for the second year in a row, rising by 60 percent. What do you think?

Kevin Elliott,
Corporate Librarian
"I think I'll wait another year to join NA, just to see how this thing pans out."

Regina Davis,
Photographer's Assistant
"I just don't understand how Afghanistan can be such a depressing place with all that opium around."

Raphael Jurwicz,
Systems Analyst
"Finally, the Darwinian population control variable we've been waiting for."

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