In some areas of Afghanistan, according to a recent article in the NYT, poppy eradication efforts have led Afghani farmers to begin growing a new crop: cannabis. Matt Eckel, over at FPW, has written a detailed post suggesting that this switch might not be such a bad thing. In fact, he makes the argument that government and military officials should actively encourage the production of cannabis in order to provide “a viable cash crop to the country’s population.”