Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Mexican Poppies
Pot farmers in Mexico and Central America are turning to a new drug crop: opium poppies. They say legalization of marijuana in some U.S. states is lowering the price of pot, so they have to turn to something else. And their new crops are feeding a growing heroin problem in the U.S.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPot farmers in Mexico and Central America are turning to a new drug crop: opium poppies. They say legalization of marijuana in some U.S. states is lowering the price of pot, so they have to turn to something else. And their new crops are feeding a growing heroin problem in the U.S.
