Opium production down in Afghanistan, U.N. says

"Opium production has dropped significantly in Afghanistan, in large part because of a plant infection in the country's war-torn south, a U.N. report said on Thursday..."

Looks like it's going to be a long, cold winter for those mumbling zombies stumbling around in front of my house at three in the morning, digging through my cans and making a racket. Dear Zombies, while you're busy picking up cans and performing fellatio for your next fix, I will be investing my money in the pharmaceutical company that brings you methadone (Mallinckrodt). I will sit on my porch, drinking a beer, setting my cans next to the street for you to collect for your next fix. See that? A system of empowerment. We all win.