Hereâs another completely odd phenomenon discovered in the laboratory of drug prohibition:
Get it? Afghanistan is producing far more heroin than the entire world even uses. So where the hell did it go?
The answer is easy. Itâs in a massive underground refrigerator. Seriously, thatâs exactly where it is. These guys are storing enough heroin to survive a nuclear holocaust. If we killed every poppy plant on the planet tomorrow, they wouldnât run out for years. These heroin barons arenât the nicest people and weâre making them rich with our silly drug war. Anyone who still thinks flamethrowers and helicopter patrols are going to solve the heroin problem needs to chill for a minute and think about whatâs happening here.
It's a mystery that has got British law enforcement officials and others across the planet scratching their heads. Put bluntly, enough heroin to supply the world's demand for years has simply disappeared.
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For the past three years, production has been running at almost twice the level of global demand. The numbers just don't add up. [BBC]
Get it? Afghanistan is producing far more heroin than the entire world even uses. So where the hell did it go?
The answer is easy. Itâs in a massive underground refrigerator. Seriously, thatâs exactly where it is. These guys are storing enough heroin to survive a nuclear holocaust. If we killed every poppy plant on the planet tomorrow, they wouldnât run out for years. These heroin barons arenât the nicest people and weâre making them rich with our silly drug war. Anyone who still thinks flamethrowers and helicopter patrols are going to solve the heroin problem needs to chill for a minute and think about whatâs happening here.
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