If poppies can grow all over the world, why is it that opium production is so heavily concentrated in Afghanistan?

Question

If poppies can grow all over the world, why is it that opium production is so heavily concentrated in Afghanistan?

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Answer 1

If you want a more in depth answer then Michael Pollan’s “This is your mind on plants” talks about the complexity of poppy growing history.

Essentially, it’s because taking opium is illegal in many other places.