Quote from: moksha on September 22, 2012, 03:57 amGotta pull you up on that as well Pine, Australia (Tasmania specifically) actually produces quite a lot of opium poppies, and I've heard the UK government have had secret crops for some time (http://tv.globalresearch.ca/2011/09/harvest-hypocrisy-uk-opium-poppy-farming-kept-hush-hush).Read an article on that one a while ago but that's just what a quick google search turned up, I'm sure you can find more reliable sources. Couldn't find any stats from the governments website on Tasmania's production but apparently we account for 50% of the worlds concentrated poppy straw.Yeah, looks like it can be grown in many more places than I thought initially. It is still true that supply is hugely concentrated in Afghanistan with Mexico a far distant second. But it does appear to be possible to grow more widely than I thought. Which raises the question: where are all the heroin and opium farms in America/Australia etc? I've never even heard of it happening once, and you hear about weed busts every five seconds.I think there is something we're missing here, but not sure what it is. Huge demand, but no serious attempt at supply right next to the consumer base? Something's up.