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Originally Posted by geetrue
I bet the farmers don't get very much compaired to the drug runners
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I was right ... average income per farmer family is $3,000 to $4,000 a year
This article is five years old, but points out the problem:
http://www.rawa.org/opium-again.htm
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Revenue for each of the 200-250,000 families involved in poppy production is estimated
at around US$3,000-4,000 per year, Costa said.
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From today's MSNBC article
2006 Opium production 6,100 metric tons
2005 Opium production 4,100 metric tons
From the above article
2002 Opium production 3,400 metric tons
2001 Opium production 185 metric tons