Is Tasmania's poppies related to Oz serious drug problem?

• lionnoisy

  25 Feb 09, 08:08

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  Is Tasmania's production of opium alkaloids related to Oz serious drug problem?
  

  Tasmania is one of the important location for growing poppies,materials

  for legal pharmaceutical products ,and  illegal opium and herion .

  Few of u know drugs problems in Oz is serious.

  Is it related to Tasmania's production of poppy?

   

  ''Tasmania is the world’s largest producer of opium alkaloids for the pharmaceutical market. The area sown to poppies is close to 20,000 ha, and the industry is one of the larger employers in the State.(lion note---20,000 ha=200 km sq v Singapore area

  700 km sq)

  The application of science and technology has been critical to the development of the poppy industry. High yielding varieties and efficient production methods allow the Tasmanian industry to compete successfully on the world market.

  Farmers, government research agencies, and the processing companies have each been important in the development of new technology for the poppy industry. In recent years, the activity of government research agencies has declined and their role has largely been replaced by private enterprise.

  The strengths of the industry include its strong market focus and the close relationship with poppy growers.''

  

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  drugs problems in oz

  The alarming facts : Australian secondary studentsÂ’ use of over-the-counter
  and illicit substances in 2002.Report prepared for:
  Drug Strategy Branch
  Australian Government Department
  of Health and Ageing
  Report prepared by: March 2004.Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer
  Cancer Control Research Institute
  The Cancer Council Victoria.
  
  ''Frequency in % of abuses
  Substances Never.. Ever ..Year.. Month ...Week
  analgesics....4.9.......95.1....92.0.....69.7.....40.6
  Tranquillisers83.8.... 16.2.... 9.4..... 4.1....... 2.4
  Cannabis......75.0..... 25.0... 20.7... 11.4..... 6.6
  Inhalants......79.5..... 20.5 ...14.9 ...9.3........ 5.8
  Hallucinogens95.6..... 4.4 ....3.1....... 1.6....... 1.0
  Amphetamines93.4..... 6.6....5.0...... 2.6........1.5

  Cocaine...........96.9......3.1 ...2.2..... 1.3.........0.8''

  hhhh

  Parents--will ur kids become part of Aussie drugs problems

  page 1

  Aussie destroying by drugs & so lenient

  Oz drug culture---so open?

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium

  The Tasmanian Poppy Industry: A Case Study of the Application of ...

  Official Opening by The Governor of Tasmania

  Law review would be opiate for Tasmania

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• lionnoisy

  25 Feb 09, 08:11

  1 in 5 teenagers had used marijuana/cannabis.Ecstasy and related drugs were commonly used by 12- to 24-year-olds

  Between 2001 and 2004 there was a decline in the proportion of population who had used an illicit drug in the past 12 months, from 16.9% to 15.3%.

   

• Gedanken

  25 Feb 09, 09:04

  Mother father die lah.

• webben

  25 Feb 09, 09:58

  If you have a point then stick to it.  If you're talking about opium then stick to opium-derived drugs.

  "Is it related to Tasmania's production of poppy?"

  I don't know, is it?  Why don't you do some research and tell us.  And no, sprouting stats on non-related drugs doesn't constitute research.  Do your research, find the link, and then you might have something useful to say.