I agree there is no indication there to say that you can extract morphine from saffron bulbs or saffron is a substitute raw material for making morphine. Vijay Sent from my iPad > On Nov 14, 2013, at 10:10 PM, 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/