Posts Tagged ‘opium’

Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Dropped by 95% Since the Taliban took Power

Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 95 percent since the Taliban took control of the country, the United Nations’ DEA says in a new report. The cultivation was banned in April 2022 by the Taliban, who announced that violations of the covenant will be punished “in accordance with Sharia law”. Already in 2000, […]

On football, opium and popular resistance: Not all sports are created equal 

My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups. Therefore, I was taken aback when he surmised that "football is the opium of the people". The reference, which summons a famous Marxist maxim about religion written in […]

Evidence of Opium Use By Canaanites in 14th Century BC Found

Human beings have been using hallucinogenic or psychoactive drugs to experience pleasurable sensations or induce altered states of consciousness for thousands of years. It is possible this activity dates back tens of thousands of years, although definitive proof of this fact remains elusive. But thanks to a new study carried out by researchers from the […]

Taliban Stops CIA Opium Trade in Afghanistan

Pictured are Poppy Fields Cultivated Under Bush Administration. BBC News (World)@BBCWorld·Aug 17“Afghanistan will not be a country of cultivation of opium anymore” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the country will need “international help” but will see opium production reduced to “zero again” Latest: http://bbc.in/3CULmln “Afghanistan will not be a country of cultivation of opium anymore” […]

Did Ancient Swiss Farmers Genetically Modify Opium Poppies?

When it comes to plants with powerful medical applications Asia can be called the ‘traditional home.’ However, this is not the case when it comes to opium poppies, for new research has shown their domestication happened around 5000 years ago in the Swiss Alps. The Zürich Opera House was built in 1891 at the Sechseläutenplatz […]

The Humiliation of China: Western drug lords, Opium Wars and Xi Jinping strategy to avoid it happening again (DRUGS TRADE IS PART OF ILLUMINATI’S War on Humanity!)

Jinping strategy to avoid it happening again 1 week ago Herland Report: The total humiliation of China: As tensions are escalating between China and the West, allegations are that China is committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” in its Xinjiang province, which China denies, the trade war continues to new levels. Western nations have reportedly imposed the harshest sanctions for decades, […]

“I Could Live With That”: How the CIA Made Afghanistan Safe for the Opium Trade

Opium poppy. Photo: DEA. “I decided I could live with that.” – Stansfield Turner, Jimmy Carter’s CIA director, on the extreme level of civilian casualties in the CIA’s covert war in Afghanistan. The first indelible image of the war in Afghanistan for many Americans was probably that of CBS anchorman Dan Rather, wrapped in the […]

USA Troops Protecting Opium Heroin

USA Troops Protecting Opium Heroin Zionist Bankers / Governments created the War on Drugs to control the supply, and the market.   Protect the Jewish Drug Trade or Die. If Military speaks out.. you get suicided   Vietnam War fighting for opium Vietnam War fighting for opium

Vietnam War fighting for opium

Vietnam War fighting for opium November 30th, 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Vietnam War fighting for opium Reddit Email Print Australia saw the start of a heroin problem when soldiers brought the habit home from Vietnam. When Japanese forces occupied French Indochina in 1941, it was not entirely without French opposition. But for the most part […]

Two articles, one from 2001 & from 2017, highlight the affect U.S. occupation has had on opium production

Figures reveal dire trend in Afghan opium production An Afghan farmer collects raw opium from poppies in Balkh province, Afghanistan. Heroin production in the country has increased significantly in recent years. Click to enlarge Afghanistan’s opium production has almost doubled this year compared to 2016, while areas that are under poppy cultivation rose by 63 […]

Another Record Breaking Year for Opium Production in U.S. Occupied Afghanistan

Isaac Davis, Staff WriterWaking Times Now officially a national federal emergency, the opioid crisis is gutting America. The roots of this complex issue lie in supply, not demand, and while we are beginning to see major pharmaceutical executives being indicted for conspiracy and bribery of doctors, we have a long way to go to […]

Afghanistan, Trump, and the Opium Trade

Is the real reason we’re staying in Afghanistan because it’s home to a poppy-filled gold mine that boasts a multi-billion dollar drug industry? Source Article from http://www.renegadetribune.com/afghanistan-trump-opium-trade/

North Korea Is a Large Opium Producer Just Like Afghanistan — But That’s None of Your Business

Prior to the U.S. invasion and occupation that sent production and cultivation skyrocketing 35-fold in just the first 13 years, the Taliban had successfully decimated the opium poppy crop in Afghanistan. Nearly 16 years later, Afghanistan’s lucrative drug trafficking business is still roaring along unhindered, and — with U.S. troops literally guarding the occupied nation’s 90-percent share of the world’s opium […]

5 Elite Jewish Families Who Made Their Fortunes in the Opium Trade

5 Elite Jewish Families Who Made Their Fortunes in the Opium Trade There’s dirty money buried in the basement of some of America’s wealthiest and most powerful families. By Phillip Smith / AlterNet June 4, 2015, 11:20 PM GMT AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook538Share to TwitterShare to Google+Share to More62Share to Email Print 2 […]

Precursor To The Global Crime Syndicate: The 19th-Century Opium Trade

By Russ Winter of The New Nationalist History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” — Winston Churchill The Chinese opium trade of the 19th Century was instrumental to the early incarnation of the global Crime Syndicate and put it into high gear. It was just the right degree of exploitative criminality, deep-state intelligence […]

Jews and the Opium Wars

In school we were never really taught this history about the jewish Sassoon family of opium pushers and their wars. Wonder why? Source Article from http://www.renegadetribune.com/jews-opium-wars/

Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion

Since the U.S.-led NATO invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the production of opium in the country has increased by 40 times according to Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service, or FSKN, fueling organized crime and widespread death. The head of the FSKN, Viktor Ivanov, explained the staggering trend at a March U.N. conference on […]

Job well done? Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion

Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion Source: teleSUR Since the U.S.-led NATO invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the production of opium in the country has increased by 40 times according to Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service, or FSKN, fueling organized crime and widespread death. The head of the FSKN, Viktor Ivanov, explained […]

Police Stumble on $500 Million Opium Poppy Field In North Carolina

An undercover sheriff deputy was at Xion’s property conducting a warrantless “knock and talk,” following up on a tip about another matter. Xiong opened the door, saw the investigator on his porch, and immediately confessed. “I guess you are here for the opium,” Xiong said, according to the Washington Post. Cody Xiong has been charged […]

Arrest made in discovery of opium poppy plants in Catawba County,NC

     A man was arrested after deputies found nearly an acre of opium poppy in a Catawba County field Tuesday morning. The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office says the plants were discovered off Poultry Lane near Claremont. Deputies got a tip last week and were able to obtain a search warrant. Tuesday, Cody Xiong was arrested […]

North Korea Is A Major Opium Producer, Making It A Prime Target For The CIA

Over a decade later, the amount of opium harvested annually continues to rise. Afghanistan’s opium is now used to produce 90 percent of the world’s heroin. This increase has been directly overseen by U.S. forces, who openly guard Afghanistan’s poppy fields. Indeed, during that same time, the U.S. government claims to have spent $8.4 billion […]

Bernie Sanders blocked Obama’s nominee to head FDA over ties to big pharma

     ‘We need someone who will work to substantially lower drug prices, implement rules to safely import brand-name drugs from Canada and hold companies accountable who defraud our government.’ Senator Bernie Sanders put a hold on President Barack Obama’s nominee to take over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, joining with two other […]

17 children among 42 drowned after refugee boats sink off Greek coast

The first incident involved a wooden boat carrying 49 people, which sank off the small Greek island of Farmakonisi. The bodies of eight refugees – six children and two women – were recovered from the sea. Forty people managed to make it safely to shore, and authorities rescued one girl, AP reported. ‘Champions League criminals’: […]

Critics call for Flint, Michigan governor’s resignation, arrest over contaminated water

     Emails show that high-ranking officials in Michigan were aware of elevated lead levels in Flint’s water six months before the state of emergency was declared. Calls are mounting for the governor to resign or face criminal charges. Internal emails, obtained by NBC News, were written by Governor Rick Snyder’s former chief of staff, Dennis […]

Palestinians Resist Zionist Terror, Plus U.S., European, Arab Royal, Turkish and Nigerian Terror

The West has forced millions to become wandering, destitute refugees, as it destroys nations and peoples that get in the way of Empire. Palestinians have lived this reality for 67 years. Beirut sits at the lip of the volcano. They cluster on the prosperous, Christmas-themed streets of Beirut: Syrian mothers and their children begging from […]

Balls of steel: Driver calmly dodges TOW missile headed straight for his pick-up

It is hard not to panic when death is staring you in the face. Capable of destroying a tank, TOW missiles can cause some serious damage. It is believed the person in the white pickup truck is a Hezbollah fighter, due to a yellow flag seen near the car, while it is also alleged the […]

UN: Afghan opium production up by 61% under NATO’s watch

  Press TV October 12, 2011 The UN said in its report on Tuesday that cultivation of the poppy crop reached 131,000 hectares in 2011, seven percent higher than in 2010 “due to insecurity and high prices”, AFP reported. The report added that overall opium production in Afghanistan would potentially rise by 61 percent in […]

Afghanistan opium production set to rise 61%: UN

Comment: This has nothing to do with the Taliban, who actually tried to eradicate opium sales before 9/11. This is about U.S. troops being used to safeguard a multi-billion dollar drugs industry under the auspices of the “war on terror”. FLASHBACK: U.S. Military “Tolerating” Opium Growth. AFP October 11, 2011 Opium production in Afghanistan is […]

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