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The STORY OF D.E.A. AFGHANISTAN AND THE OPIOID CRISIS: A Tangled Web: Opium, Corruption, and Contradictions
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“scapegoating of medical professionals,”
“..Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress..” …Frederick Douglas
The D.E.A. Contradictions
DEA is the lead agency for counterdrug law enforcement and assisting counternarcotics intelligence efforts in foreign countries.110 Though prohibited by U.S. law from taking an active part in arrests in other nations, the DEA conducts bilateral investigations, capacity-building operations, and intelligence gathering and coordinates with foreign law enforcement agencies to combat the drug trade.111
This compilation, “The DEA’s Tangled Web: Opium, Corruption, and Contradictions,” explores the complex and often contradictory history of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) efforts in Afghanistan and its approach to prescription opioid regulation in the U.S.
According to the “Opioid regulator Joe Rannazzisi, hero or villain?” article, what actions did Joe Rannazzisi take as director of the DEA’s Office of Diversion Control that are now being criticized?
Unintended Consequences and the Opioid Crisis: The sources indicate that the DEA’s enforcement, coupled with CDC guidelines, led to harmful outcomes: “Mr. Rannazzisi’s DEA enforcement, coupled with the 2016 CDC’s Opioid Guidelines, has directly led to dangerous and uncontrolled dose tapering, which has caused an increase in deaths from illicit drug poisonings and suicides.” The American Medical Association’s “OPPOSITION TO USE OF OPIOID CDC PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES” further underscores this concern.
The articles found on youarewithinthenorms.com have all further highlighted how opium production in Afghanistan severely undermined the nation’s political economy and fostered widespread corruption, creating challenges for U.S. counter-narcotics initiatives, despite significant investment in judicial reform. It also reveals internal disagreements and shifting narratives within U.S. agencies regarding the links between the drug trade, insurgency, and terrorism in Afghanistan.
CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN
SIGAR REPORT AND FINDINGS
While opium production has brought substantial economic benefits, its influence on Afghanistan’s political economy has been highly damaging. Corruption linked to the opium trade erodes the legitimacy of the Afghan government and weakens public institutions, especially in the security and justice sectors. It impacts the police, judicial system, parliament, and other state agencies across the national, provincial, and district levels.24 pg5
In October 2001, INL’s Director of the Office of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Newly Independent States, William Bach, testified that, “While we do not have clear evidence directly linking drug traffickers and terrorists in Afghanistan, Taliban responsibility is obvious, particularly given its de facto control over 90 percent of the country.”190 On the previous day, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that the Taliban and al-Qaeda “jointly exploit the Afghan drugs trade.”191
The “Fort Bragg Cartel” and Alternative Narratives
The briefing introduces an alternative, controversial narrative regarding the responsibility for Afghan opium production, spearheaded by investigative reporter Seth Harp.
- Challenging the Official Narrative: Seth Harp’s investigative report and upcoming book, “The Fort Bragg Cartel: Afghanistan, Opium, and the CIA,” directly challenge the narrative of responsibility for Afghan opium production.” This suggests a deeper, potentially more complicit, role for U.S. agencies than officially acknowledged.
- Implications of “The Fort Bragg Cartel”: While details from Harp’s work are limited in the provided excerpts, its mention implies a critique of how responsibility for the opium trade has been assigned and raises questions about potential U.S. government involvement or complicity.
In this interview, Seth Harp discusses the dramatic 99% collapse of opium production in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s return to power, contrasting this with the record-high cultivation during the two decades of U.S. occupation. Harp argues that while the American public was told the war was fighting “narco-terrorists,” the U.S.-backed government and its associated warlords actually functioned as the world’s largest drug cartel, inundating global markets with potent heroin.
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