>Just a question regarding the pharmaceutical business. For years
>I've assumed that they produced painkillers from opium, but perhaps
>everything is synthetic now. I don't know and would like to know.
>And if they do use opium, where do they get it.
It is grown in a few select places, like here in Tasmania. Hundreds of acres of poppies are grown all around this area, a wonderful sight when they are all in flower!
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas