Saffron and Opium
steven hart (Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:37:48 PST)
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
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