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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

During the time of the US occupation of Afghanistan, opium from the region comprised a full 90% of the world's heroin supply. So I would say "the same thing they've been doing since at least the days of the Vietnam War and the Golden Triangle."