9-3-06 What About Afghanistan? - part 5

Well, boys and girls, the big news is finally out! The UN "crop report" was released yesterday. It's the data that drug dealers and anybody else connected with the world's illegal drug trade in opium and heroin have been eagerly awaiting. It appears that production was so high in Afghanistan this year that it outstripped demand by fully one third!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_re_as/afghan_drugs

This is GREAT NEWS for junkies, and DEVASTATING NEWS for all those mofo's out there using drug profits to fund their covert operations. It means, in simple market terms, that supply vs demand will make the price for this commodity PLUNGE LIKE A ROCK!

If this is any indication, it would appear that one way to REALLY wage a war on drugs in the present scenario-laden mess is to set things up so that supply goes even higher, driving prices even lower, and creating a "drug glut" that will, in essence, put those mofo's right out of business...

Of course, that didn't work with the oil industry in the early part of the 20th century, when the oil glut drove prices down to $0 per barrel, so ...realisitically... I wouldn't keep my hopes up for a "drug glut" to put these jerks out of business, either. But it sure is nice to know that their cash flow will be significantly diminished this year.