Mexico: Opium Prices Plummet, Poppy Farmers Return to Cannabis

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By GrahamJun 22, 2018, 1:06 pm14 pts
Poppy farmers in Mexico who helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic say that the price of opium paste — the key ingredient in heroin — has dropped so dramatically that many have stopped growing poppies and are returning to cannabis as their primary cash crop, Fox News reports. With legalization continuing to…

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