{"id":5739,"date":"2007-04-04T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=704"},"modified":"2007-04-04T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-04T06:56:00","slug":"legalize-poppy-production-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/legalize-poppy-production-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Legalize poppy production in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Independent<\/i> informs us<\/a>:<\/p>\n Tony Blair is considering calls to legalise poppy production in the Taliban’s backyard. The plan could cut medical shortages of opiates worldwide, curb smuggling – and hit the insurgents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This is immensely smart. George Bush is opposed to it, but it’s probably about time that Blair said to him, “I’m a poodle, here’s my paw, it has a middle finger.” <\/p>\n And do check out General Musharraf’s quote in the piece about buying all the poppy so that it can be destroyed—what a clown.<\/p>\n (Link via email from Gautam John<\/a>. And on the subject of legalizing drugs, here’s my essay, “Don’t punish victimless crimes<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Independent<\/i> informs us<\/a>:<\/p>\n Tony Blair is considering calls to legalise poppy production in the Taliban’s backyard. The plan could cut medical shortages of opiates worldwide, curb smuggling – and hit the insurgents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This is immensely smart. George Bush is opposed to it, but it’s probably about time that Blair said to him, “I’m a poodle, here’s my paw, it has a middle finger.” <\/p>\n And do check out General Musharraf’s quote in the piece about buying all the poppy so that it can be destroyed—what a clown.<\/p>\n (Link via email from Gautam John<\/a>. And on the subject of legalizing drugs, here’s my essay, “Don’t punish victimless crimes<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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