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Security & Strategic Review - July 2016 (ISSN 1741-4202)
MEXICO: Government reveals extent of poppy cultivation
For the first time the Mexican government has revealed the extent of poppy cultivation – a crop used to produce the opium and heroin that is smuggled into the United States. The new estimate comes from a joint study by Mexican officials and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC).
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