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Growing narcotic crops
Synonyms:
Farming drugs
Cultivating drugs
Cultivating illegal drugs
Growing narcotic drug plants
Implementation:
Growing opium poppies is between eight to nine times more profitable than any other conceivable crop for the farmers presently growing it. Cannabis is now the most profitable crop being grown in the USA.
Broader:
Growing crops
Farming illegally
Cultivating plants
Manufacturing drugs
Producing non-food crops
Planting exotic plant species
Narrower:
Growing tobacco as fuel and food
Constrains:
Cultivating hemp fibre
Controlling drug trafficking
Promoting international drug control
Constrained by:
Controlling drug abuse
Destroying drug crops with biocontrol agents
Curtailing drug plant growing by offering alternative livelihoods
Facilitates:
Trafficking drugs
Increasing cash crop returns
Expanding farm product profits
Ensuring best financial profit
Problems:
Cultivation of illegal drugs
Economic dependence of countries on the drug trade
Economic dependence upon socially undesirable activities
Increasing drug addiction in drug producing countries
Restricted farming alternatives
Values:
Illegality
References:
Smith, Michael L, et al: Why People Grow Drugs: narcotics and development in the Third World
Subjects:
Plant Life
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Plants
Health Care
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Pharmacy
Agriculture, Fisheries
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Farming
Agriculture, Fisheries
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Cultivation
Agriculture, Fisheries
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Crops
Law
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Legality
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals: