http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/03/06/the-economist-stop-the-war-on-drugs/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/03/06/the-economist-stop-the-war-on-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-36908 Niklaus Pfirsig Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:50:23 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=5406#comment-36908 There was a time when a heroin shortage caused a drop in it's popularity. What caused the heroin shortage? Apparently, McDonalds restaurant franchises, which at the time preferred locally grown potatoes for their fries were paying the farmer more money to grow potatoes than the drug cartels were paying them to grow opium poppies. There was a time when a heroin shortage caused a drop in it’s popularity. What caused the heroin shortage? Apparently, McDonalds restaurant franchises, which at the time preferred locally grown potatoes for their fries were paying the farmer more money to grow potatoes than the drug cartels were paying them to grow opium poppies.

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