View Full Version : Third World Opioid Painkiller Shortage - Let a thousand licensed poppies bloom


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03-18-2006, 02:53 PM
Let a thousand licensed poppies bloom
By Maia Szalavitz

NEW YORK Even as Afghanistan's immense opium harvest feeds lawlessness and instability, finances terrorism and fuels heroin addiction, the developing world is experiencing a severe shortage of opium-derived pain medications, according to the World Health Organization.

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