The policy that I think will work best to stop the illegal distribution of opium from Afghanistan is to turn the opium into medical morphene rather than heroin, and to pay the farmers well enough to do it. This proposal has been advocated by the Italian Red Cross and the Afghan Red Crescent. More than 12% of the Afghani population is directly involved in the cultivation of opium, and much more depend on its indirect financial affects to live. Therefore, it is not reasonable to go in and burn their fields, or arrest the farmers - that will only breed more contempt for the US, which would in turn only support the terrorist agenda. The proposal to legitimize the opium by turning it into morphene rather than heroin would not take the financial gains away from the farmers, help the Afghani economy, and reduce crime involved in the opium trade. It is the best option available, not only for Afghanistan, but for all the countries affected by heroin