Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Narcotic pain medications are synthetically produced nowadays. Heroin is the "natural" product. Sometimes I wonder if the world would be better off if we just treated it like alcohol, controlled and taxed. The USA's war on drugs has certainly been a dismal failure. Phil On Feb 7, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > > Wendy Thurman wrote: > > >> It's been a while since I have posted any images. I've spent some time in >> Lashkar Gah where we operate a teaching farm for local farmers. The area >> is >> extremely volatile; in the second image the person on the hill is a >> Taliban >> spotter. This area is as spooky as any I experienced in Iraq; the province >> is home to most of the insurgent violence and produces the lion's share of >> the world's opium: >> >> http://wendythurman.com/page2/page3/files/page3-1001-full.html >> >> http://wendythurman.com/page2/page3/files/page3-1003-full.html >> >> Thanks for looking, > > > An interesting place to photograph and some very nice shots! The > countryside looks not unlike Iraq to me. > > > > Too bad the West doesn't just purchase the entire Afghan poppy crop lock, > stock and barrel and either process it into necessary medicines or destroy > it. Shortages of pain killers was an significant issue recently in Haiti. > > > > Greg Lorenzo > > Calgary, Canada > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information