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Legalise It ! (Yet One More Argument)

Independent Economic Advisor, Cambridge University

By Willem H. Buiter · October 22, 2007 · 1 min read

From the Washington Times, October 19, 2007, p. 15: "KABUL The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said yesterday he estimated that Afghanistan’s rampant opium poppy cultivation was funding up to 40 percent of the Taliban-led insurgency. Gen. Dan McNeill, head of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, added he had been told by an international specialist that his figure was likely low and could reach up to 60 percent..." Nuff said.

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