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If You Want to Honour Canadian Soldiers, Stand Up for Veterans
According to statistics released in September, more military personnel have committed suicide since 2004 than died in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014
How Afghanistan's Opium Trade Survived a $7.6 Billion Assault
The War on Terror's War on Drugs has been a massive failure.
Despite Billions Spent to Eradicate Opium, Afghans Are Cultivating More of It Than Ever
In Afghanistan, where poverty and unemployment is endemic, poppy cultivation provides work for nearly 200,000 families — and has produced a dramatic rise in substance abuse.
An Interview with Jarrod Alonge, the Guy Who Made Those Pop Punk Videos You Love So Much
This interview goes out to all our friends!
Afghanistan's Opium Economy Is Doing Better Than Ever
Afghanistan's opium production is set to break records this year — a booming illicit economy in a country with few opportunities.
VICE News Capsule - Wednesday, April 30
Iraq national elections, pro-Russia separatists storm buildings, Pakistan poppy fields destroyed, sexual assault on college campuses
Heroin's Hometown
Our friend Christoph, a reporter in Afghanistan, tells us what it’s like at the source of those little baggies full of brown death that we used to buy from a hole in a brick wall in a building that now houses a Japanese-French fusion bistro.