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M. Dilger | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What about the opium trade?  Didn't it collapse when the US pulled out of Afghanistan?
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mcshane | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 na that’s been steady for over 500 years
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mleku | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 even if it doesn't get made into heroin it gets made into oxycodone and hydrocodone

the afghani industry that has shrunk a lot is cannabis