6.05 countering drug addictions

Poppies for Medicine in Afghanistan: A Potential Balm for Numerous Ills

Opium poppies, Aryu, Panjshir province, Afghanistan, August 12, 2008. photo: Chuck Holton, http://flickr.com/photos/rangerholton/2757355468/
Authors: Metta Spencer

Summary:

Don't eradicate poppies. Use them to relieve pain.

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The US War in Afghanistan: A Primer for US Peace Activists

Engineer clearing a land-mine in Afghanistan, 2007. photo: UN Photo/UNMACA
Authors: Alexandra Cooper Jesse Laird Kelly Campbell Madelyn Hoffman

Summary:

The death toll is rising.

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Writing About War and Peace: Inside a Veterans' Group

Spiral staircase in the Töölö library, Helsinki, Finland, 2005. PHOTO: © REETTA R.
Authors: Shepherd Bliss

Summary:Shepherd Bliss describes his participation in a writers' group led by Maxine Hong Kinston.

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