Posted on 09/20/2025 5:48:56 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Iran is planning to grow legal opium poppies for medicinal use, for the first time in decades, after the Taliban government banned its supply amid a crackdown in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan was the main source of illicit drugs for Iranian manufacturers of morphine and other opioids, before the Taliban banned poppy cultivation in 2022. Since then, the supply has dropped from 750 tonnes in 2021 to around 200 last year, as per government estimates.
With the country’s Food and Drug Administration warning that ongoing supply shortages could threaten public health, Iran is now working to cultivate enough poppies to meet its domestic needs.
I remember the photos of our military guarding the poppy fields in Afghanistan.
Because certain alphabet agencies fund black ops and buy off our politicians with the $$.
They are Making Iran Rich Again.
And more drug-overdosed citizens on our streets...
Medicinal use, uh huh, sure.☠️
Iran has two major problems not often mentioned: drug addiction and HIV-AIDS.
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