Return of the Giant Hogweed (to Afghanjistan)

2007-11-07

Late on an October afternoon, Muhammad Ayud, 30, a kindly sharecropper, was finishing a day of work at the three-acre parcel he farms here in this poor village just outside the town of Balkh. His plot was covered by a forest of cannabis plants, some more than [2,7 meter] tall. “This is nothing,” he said, gesturing toward the towering plants. “If you give it real fertilizer, you’d see how tall it grows!”
N.Y. Times: Cannabis Thrives in an Afghan Province

Efter myndigheternas “anti-poppy”-kampanj har många afghaner blivit tvungna att byta gröda för att kunna försörja sina familjer. Om man skulle placera en pårökt svensk krukväxtodlande “kollega” till Muhammad Ayud i en sådan skog skulle hän nog bli gräsligt förundrad och trott att hän sagt “killevippen” en gång för mycket.

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