# Poppies to cash

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppies-to-cash/73159>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppies-to-cash/73159 "2001-07-20T06:58:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jihad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@Jihad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihad)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppies-to-cash/73159/1 "2001-07-20T06:58:57Z")

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I am coming from Afghanistan. I was wonder if any here people know of legal money we can get for opium supply? We have much, but not food, and want to have money for food and drug for sick.  
Do it have to be illegal? If it must illegal, how can we not be caught?

Thank you, if you help you make me glad

Al Ahwari

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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppies-to-cash/73159/2 "2001-07-20T07:32:27Z")

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😕

🙂

:eek:

:o

☹

:rolleyes:

:wally

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppies-to-cash/73159/3 "2001-07-20T07:40:06Z")

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You could grow opium poppies under licence for use by pharmaceutical companies or you could grow breadseed poppies (the seeds are used in baking)

Somehow, I sense that this thread won’t live long

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppies-to-cash/73159/4 "2001-07-20T11:27:12Z")

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It’s too hot today to tolerate human garbage like **Jihad**.

Where are the Mods?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poppies-to-cash/73159/5 "2001-07-20T13:00:27Z")

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Ask and ye shall receive.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator