Larry
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Law Enforcement or Security |
| Occupation | counter narcotics advisor |
| Introduction | I am a US government contractor working in Afghanistan as a counter narcotics advisor. I had a 15 year Federal law enforcement career with the US Customs Service engaged in drug interdiction. I have learned, however, that this job has virtually nothing to do with drug interdiction. Instead, it has to do with prevention of the production of opium and addiction. I have previous foreign experience: Some short foreign postings with the USCS, two brief foreign assignments as a contract employee after retirement, six years with Air America as a helicopter pilot in Laos during the ‘60s and ‘70s, and a year in Viet Nam in the US Marine Corps. I have traveled in 40 countries and have spent 4 - 5 months of each of the last six years in Thailand. I hold JD and MPA degrees from the University of Kansas. I have been happily retired for over five years, but during the past year I have become antsy to do something productive for a while. An important part of my job is to help find ways to motivate the Afghan farmers to raise legal crops rather than poppies (from which about 90% of the world's opium is produced). That is the rational for the blog name. |
| Interests | My interest is in recording my observations and opinions during the performance of this counter narcotics employment. The viewpoints are my own. It is specificlly intended that this blog shall contain no information that is privileged or confidential. If anyone discovers anything herein that they beleive is privileged or confidential, please bring it to my attention. Nothing herein may be republished without permission and attribution. |