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Having been to Afghanistan in the early 80s I can only say what I saw there: 11 year old brides are the exception and not the rule - most men, of any religious persuasion, do not want to spend much time with children...

Poppy growth has nothing to do with usage of heroin - if you live in a country where very little else grows (that is salable) and you are selling opium or heroin to foreigners, and not using it yourself - so what? (widely held opinion and supported by the mullahs)

The question I've wanted answering is if the above is the case and the entire crop could be bought from the farmers direct for between 600 and 1000 million dollars annually, why does the developed world spend between 3 and 8 billion to interdict it?

I suspect we all know the answer but that doesn't help the poor Afghani farmer that has to sell his daughter to feed the rest of his family in a war torn nation.