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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (2368)1/19/2003 8:04:54 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 25898
 
The lion's share of morphine and heroin is there.
For legitmate use, that's no big deal. Opium poppies grow easily. More can be grown other places.

And for the drug trade, they probably already are. Turkey's in that business too. They could be grown here in the US.

What gemstones?

Wouldn't be surprising, though. Mountainous areas have lots of minerals, including gems.