Tasmanian opium poppy farming industry
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Tasmanian opium poppy farming industry
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The Tasmanian opium poppy farming industry was established in Tasmania in 1966. Farms in Tasmania produce about 50% of the world's licit poppy straw that is later refined into opiates such as morphine and codeine. Tasmanian Alkaloids is Tasmania's largest corporate grower of opium poppies. A downy mildew outbreak in the 2014 poppy-growing season led to one Tasmanian company to look into growing poppies in the Northern Territory and Victoria of Australia.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_opium_poppy_farming_industry
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2022-12-18T11:20:33Z
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