Mexico Opium Poppy Growers See Price Drop, Turn to Marijuana

By Mark Stevenson TENANTLA, Mexico (AP) — Opium poppy growers in southern Mexico who helped fuel the U.S. heroin epidemic say prices for their product have been driven so low — apparently by the use of synthetic opioids like fentanyl — that they are turning in desperation back to another crop they know well: marijuana. […]

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