Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Afghanistan

Minister Says Afghanistan Not Ready For Legal Opium

25 September 2005 -- The Afghan government's counternarcotics minister, Habibullah Qaderi, says Afghanistan is not ready to adopt a proposal to use its illicit opium crop to make legal painkillers.

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September 25, 2005

Qaderi said the plan would only "confuse" Afghans because the authorities are making such strenuous efforts to eradicate illegal opium growing. He said to turn around now and offer licenses for legal growing would not be a good idea.

The Senlis Council, a Paris-based nongovernmental organization, has suggested licensed Afghan opium production could be used to produce painkilling preparations like morphine and codeine. Senlis is to a launch a feasibility study on the proposal in Kabul tomorrow.

(Reuters)

See also:

"Afghanistan: World's Largest-Ever Pile Of Drugs Destroyed"

"Afghanistan: UN Highlights Long-Term Drug Threat"


For more news about Afghanistan, see RFE/RL's webpage "News and Features on Afghanistan"

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