tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post115384609504904670..comments2023-09-20T11:15:28.673+01:00Comments on Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: Tory party presses for licensed Afghan opiumjanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263261726046054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-1154339850998437262006-07-31T10:57:00.000+01:002006-07-31T10:57:00.000+01:00In some ways I think this is a good idea, but I do...In some ways I think this is a good idea, but I dont think it would reduce the black market supply.<BR/><BR/>Growers would just produce more, some for the black market (where I presume the price would be higher) and some for the legal market.<BR/><BR/>This would of course bring some much needed legal money into the country. But it wouldnt remove the warlords and the drug smugglers who have run parts of Afghanistan for years.<BR/><BR/>If it was done at the same time as a wide spread heroin prescibing programme, then it would go a long way to tackling the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com