Oh thank you for explaining, I could only see part of the vidios because they were breaking up on me too much, & yes I have misunderstood the project, because I have missed part of the story... I thought it meant substituting saffron for poppies but I misunderstood the reason. I thought it meant for its chemical properties, I didn't realize its to grow for saffron silly me, I thought it meant as a chemical substitute.... And no it didn't say crocus was going on any banned list in Australia, I said, if it could be used for chemical properties it would get banned here very quickly. Sorry I misunderstood the project.. So yes it would be great if they grew saffron instead of poppies... On 15 November 2013 02:40, Youngs Aberdeen <youngs.aberdeen@btinternet.com>wrote: > Steven, I think you are mistaking the nature of the project - > Where did you get the idea that morphine or any dangerous drug > might be extracted from the saffron crocus? I saw nothing in the film > report or text of the story to say that these crocus are on the way to > becoming plants on a banned list - in Australia or anywhere else ? > The idea is for the Afghans to grow and harvest saffron to tempt them > away from growing the opium poppies. Saffron is the only crop that can > compete financially with the opium crop. Clearly there will be greater > costs in setting up the saffron farming initially but it must be worth > a try, > I would have thought. > > M > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Steven : ) Esk Queensland Australia Summer Zone 5 Winter Zone 10