Afghan Heroin Killed More New Yorkers than Soldiers Since 9/11

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  1. longknife

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    Does this surprise anybody? We've had 2,202 military personnel die in that hell hole since our involvement there. Add up the numbers and it says over 5,000 died of overdoses in NYC alone!

    Now, I have no idea if they can identify exactly where the heroin came from. This also only deals with ONE American city. How about others? And more around the world.

    Read the article @ http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-...-afghanistan-nyc-heroin-deaths-highest-decade thanks to the link from War News Updates
     
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    Granny says, "Dat's right - heroin is somethin' ya don't even want to try...
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    I've read reports where the current Afghan opium crop is bigger than ever. They've learned better growing techniques from US advisors.
     

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