Episode 217 • • 31:11 - 33:22
217: The Digital Drug Menace
Nevada National Guard Agribusiness Team in Afghanistan
The Nevada National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team is deploying to Afghanistan for a one-year mission to assist with agricultural cultivation. While officially tasked with general farming improvements, the timing coincides with theories regarding the optimization of opium poppy harvests. Speculation suggests new cultivation techniques may allow for two poppy crops per year in certain Afghan regions.