From The Christian Science Monitor:
As an election nears, a presidential candidate promotes the idea that the opium trade could bring cash to the impoverished Central Asian republic.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Lacking the oil or gas revenues that fill the coffers of its richer neighbors, the small Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan has always suffered from a weak economy. Locals joke that Kyrgyzstan is the one country in the world untouched by the current financial downturn: "We're pretty well protected from the crisis ... we had no industries before and we've got no industries now," they quip.
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My Comment: You just know that this opium will find its way into the black market .... and from there to the West and the U.S.
The idea that such an industry would operate without corruption or illegality in Kyrgyzstan is dreaming at best, delusional at the worse.
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