Opium Economics

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Opium Economics

Video by: Labour , Danielle Flug, Rus Garofalo, Lindsay Utz, Morgan Currie | Music by: Labour

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 3:56 pm

Heroin makes Lou Reed feel like Jesus, and it won’t leave Guns N’ Roses alone, but how does it end up here in the United States? We take a look at the global opium trade from the poppy fields of Afghanistan to a shady street corner near you.

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DISCUSSION: 7 Comments

- Posted by: Anonymous
- on January 17, 2009 at 9:49 am
“Most of the opium leaves through the southern province of Balochistan”??? I really like your magazine and site but your researchers commit such amazing blunders so regularly, it’s really annoying and unprofessional. Balochistan is a Pakistani province, NOT a southern province of Afghanistan. Please check the map before putting such info out there.
- Posted by: Suncaster
- on January 18, 2009 at 6:43 am
Interesting.
- Posted by: Anonymous
- on January 19, 2009 at 6:48 am
what about the involvement of the cia into the process… that they supported and protected the opium traffic to fight against communism… there a true lack of information in this video…
- Posted by: Anonymous
- on January 21, 2009 at 11:52 pm
more information on the issues surrounding poppies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gq9cO_FIKI I thought Good is normally better at investigating stuff.
- Posted by: Anonymous
- on January 21, 2009 at 11:54 pm
more about opium. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gq9cO_FIKI
- Posted by: Lindsay Utz
- on January 23, 2009 at 2:07 am
Anonymous: You are right. Balochistan is a province of Pakistan. Balochistan also refers to the large region covering southwest Afghanistan, southeast Iran and southwest Pakistan.
- Posted by: Anonymous
- on May 28, 2009 at 11:53 am
Lindsay, you’re right, I should have clarified.The voice over says “Southern Province of Balochistan” not region, so that’s why I had an issue with it.Nice work nonetheless. It’s always great to see your work.

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