IP: the law of unexpected consequences, part 2

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:27:40 -0400
> To: farber@cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
> From: Richard Jay Solomon <rsolomon@dsl.cis.upenn.edu>
>
> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/269/nation/Kabul_drops_opium_ban_boom_feared+.shtml
>
> > The price for a kilogram of Afghan opium has plummeted in the last two 
> > days from $500 to about $100, according to United Nations 
> > narcotics-control officials, who attribute the drop to a rapid selloff of 
> > stockpiles because of fears of an imminent attack.
> > ''Our sources tell us that people who have stocks of opium are trying to 
> > get rid of them as quickly as possible,'' said Mohammad S. Amirkhizi, 
> > senior policy adviser at the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime 
> > Prevention in Vienna.



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