(MPN) When the U.S. overthrew the Taliban in the wake of 9/11 as part of its newly launched “war on terror,” it set the stage for the explosive growth of Afghanistan’s dying opium industry.
“China and Russia have their work cut out for them, fighting for their countries, peoples, ways of life, and indirectly, for humanity’s 99% and the survival of our Pale Blue Dot. This, against the onslaught of Western racism, capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, false flags, war, subterfuge and fascism.” — Jeff Brown (Image)
(ANTIMEDIA) Over the course of six days in mid-August, 174 people overdosed on heroin in Cincinnati, Ohio. Earlier this month, 26 residents of Cabell County, West Virginia shared the same fate in a four-hour span.
(MINTPRESS) The “War on Drugs” and the “War on Terror” are more intertwined than that media and our elected officials would like us to think.
And this became full front and center when the U.S.-led global crusades overlapped in Afghanistan, leaving in their wake a legacy of death, addiction and government corruption tainting Afghan and American soil.
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One of the many catastrophic legacies left behind by the longest war in U.S. history.
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Larvicide lingers, depression screeners and federal pharms + this day in history w/the YWCA and our song of the day by Bombino on your Morning Monarchy for February 10, 2016.
Our friend Jack Dallas joins Media Monarchy this month to talk about the deadly nexus between Big Pharma, Big Banks and the Big Guns.
Despite billions spent to supposedly eradicate opium in Afghanistan, the crop is grown in larger amounts now than ever before.The post Rumors Persist That the CIA Helps Export Opium from Afghanistan appeared first on The Anti-Media.
