The article didn't mention Russia, but it did say Afghan Opium/Heroine supplies "95% of the market in Europe; 90% of the Canadian market"
Yea, and afaik it's been that way for a long time. Russia, heroin, look it up man
The U.S. market is apparently supplied by Central/South America.
But I bet you can find tons of quotes about how dangerous Heroine is and how many Americans it kills and how the majority of heroine comes from Afghanistan. Those statements are relying on our brains to falsely assume that we can reduce heroine in the U.S. by fighting it in Afghanistan. The statements leave out the fact that almost none of our supply comes from there. It's a classic example of telling a lie without actually lying. It's kind of like you tell a half truth, leave out important facts, and rely on other people's brains to unwittingly make the false connection. I'm not sure what this deceptive strategy is called, or if it even has a name, but it drives me nuts.
Well, I would refer to that as fear mongering. I dunno if there's a specific term for what you're describing.
If you're trying to say that the USA is fighting a drug war that doesn't impact us, I will have to both agree and disagree.
First, I agree because data we have says that the USAs source of heroin is mostly from South America and Mexico.
Second, I'll disagree as the idea of fighting to reduce heroin production in the area that supplies most of the rest of the world's heroin is a way of financially hurting groups of people that want to do the USA harm.
I also agree with you in that there's tons of misinformation when it comes to drugs in general, and the war on drugs.
I never really agreed with sending military to that area of the world to play world police. Other countries had more on the line there.
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