Aaron Huey: The Afghanistan Drug War
October 30th, 2008 by Alex
Aaron Huey is a guy who can take some seriously good photographs. Best known for his Walk Across America, Aaron has been all over the Middle East - Pakistan, Georgia, Iraq, Afghanistan and others - covering items of cultural and political significance.
His 37 picture photo-set titled ‘Afghanistan Drug War‘ is of particular beauty. Here’s how Aaron describes it:
These images show poppy eradication in Nangarhar Province, East ofJalalabad and also outside Tarin Kowt, in Oruzgan Province.
Since his site is flash, I can’t link directly to the feature, so here’s the navigation path:
Homepage -> Features 1 -> Afghanistan Drug War
Go check it out and see the how a country most of us can’t pinpoint on a map heavily affects heroin production around the world.
Oh yea, all of Aaron’s images are available as limited edition prints in the following sizes - 11×14, 16×20, 20×24, 30×40 - and range from $500 to $4000. If you’ve got good taste, and plenty of spare cash, get in contact with him.
[image copyright Aaron Huey]
Heroin’s Low Cost Creating Buyer’s Market
October 28th, 2008 by Perry
The low cost of the drug and its growing availability in the Northeastern region of the country, is making heroin the new meth of the 2000s, according to Drug Enforcement Administration officials.
A bag of heroin costs less than a pack of cigarettes, and that’s one of the main reasons more local teenagers are trying the narcotic.
What’s more, the reputation of heroin is becoming more and more acceptable among an increasingly younger crowd, boosting the drug’s appeal. One of the problems is the growing misconception that the drug is less dangerous when snorted than injected, which is not true according to DEA sources.
Part of the problem, which the DEA fails to acknowledge, is that the DEA is a huge part of the problem. If they didn’t lie to America’s youth and tell them how dangerous marijuana is, after kids tried it and found out the lie; they are more likely to want to see what else people have been lying to them about.
The Health Benefits of Heroin Use, Maybe
October 13th, 2008 by Perry
Okay, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t skeptical.
Basically, a Swiss study showed that addicts who were given prescription heroin, methadone and dilaudid, a morphine derivative, showed that heroin had the least harmful effects out of all of them. Which does not really make it healthy at all, just in relation to morphine.
Not advocating any heroin use here folks. Just saying.
Afghanistan, Global Drug Free Market
October 6th, 2008 by Perry
As we watch perhaps more poorly executed Bush foreign policy go by the wayside, I honestly wish saying, “I told you so,” was more satisfying.
Not only did his search for Osama in the wrong country come up not surprisingly, empty-handed. But apparently Hamid Karzai, the leader of the provincial government over there, has begun storing heroin and trafficking it using state resources.
Peru Narcotics Destruction
March 29th, 2007 by Alex
Since we showed everyone how Macedonia gets down when it comes to destroying narcotics, we might as well keep the trend going.
This photoset shows police in Peru burning large amounts of various illegal drugs. To be exact, over 5 tons of cocaine, marijuana, opium and heroin.
This batch covers the last 4 months of Peru’s law enforcement efforts.
More pictures after the jump.
4 Million Euro Worth of Drugs Destroyed
March 20th, 2007 by Alex
Ever wonder how Eastern European authorities destroy large amounts of seized narcotics? Me neither.
Just in case you’re still interested, here’s a quick photoset from Macedonia involving tons of drugs, a steel mill and temperatures hot enough to melt the Terminator 1000.
So what exactly was destroyed? Only 150 kilos of hashish, 250 kilos of marijuana, 80 kilos of heroin, 30,000 ecstasy pills and 16 kilos of cocaine worth a street value of almost 4 million Euro.
See more pictures after the jump.
Mouse Party: Drug Education Animation
February 16th, 2007 by Tim
Here is a really excellent interactive flash animation done by the University of Utah.
What it does is simply & effectively explain the different ways that illegal substances interact with the brain. As an added bonus, it’s a pretty damn cool presentation with well-animated mouse characters that fit all the stereotypes of the major drug users in this country.
Marijuana, methamphetamines, ecstasy, heroin, alcohol, LSD and cocaine are all covered and each one affects us in different ways. You learn something new everyday…
Click to view the animation…
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