tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post4846378683552529932..comments2023-09-20T11:15:28.673+01:00Comments on Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: UK produces more opium than 24 of Afghanistan's 35 provincesjanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263261726046054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-21930676936920306722008-07-22T11:38:00.000+01:002008-07-22T11:38:00.000+01:00Misha Glenny (author of McMafia) has a column in...Misha Glenny (author of McMafia) has a column in today's Guardian.<BR/>In it he mentions the Afghanistan problem and how the existing drug policy makes thing worse for all:<BR/><B>A dangerous fiction<I><BR><BR/>The war on drugs is a non sequitur - and is equally harmful to both producers and consumers</I></B><BR/><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/drugstrade.internationalcrime?gusrc=rss&feed=commentisfree" REL="nofollow">Link to Guardian article</A><BR/>(and is asking for your comments)<BR/><BR/>Followed by a radio program later to night.<BR/><BR/><I>“He meets members of a crime syndicate in British Columbia who make colossal profits by smuggling hundreds of kilos of marijuana into the United States every year.”</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/howcrimetookonworld/pip/h3p0n/" REL="nofollow">Link to program page</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-76890248437292757002008-07-18T17:57:00.000+01:002008-07-18T17:57:00.000+01:00Not surprised by Mr Fox's revelations.I've thought...Not surprised by Mr Fox's revelations.<BR/><BR/>I've thought for some time that he'd have done better sticking to medicine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com