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Tasmanian poppy farmers are at the centre of the opioid crisis in USA

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About half the world's legal poppy straw is harvested in Tasmania.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

Presented by Themi Kallos

Source: SBS




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About half the world's legal poppy straw is harvested in Tasmania.


Poppies form the base for common medicines such as codeine and morphine, making them big business globally.

Tasmania caught in the crossfire of a devastating drug epidemic that has claimed more than 700,000 lives in the US.


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