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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS Note: The Journal of Asian and African Studies invites communications in the form of short articles and reports about ongoing research, not exceeding 5,000 words, both in the empirical and theoretical fields. EDITOR Toward an Understanding of Opium Poppy Production in Turkey* WILLIAM H. BRUNDAGE and WILLIAM A. MITCHELL United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, U.S.A. In the history of mankind, probably no plant has been more associated with conflict and tension than "Papaver Somniferum" or Opium Poppy. The poppy plant's uniqueness is that it is both a boon, which has done much to alleviate the suffering of mankind, and an insidious destroyer, credited with thousands of lives each year. It is this inherent dichotomy which makes the growing of the opium poppy such a controversial subject. On June 30, 1971, the Turkish government announced it would no longer allow Turkish farmers to cultivate opium poppy (Middle East Journal Autumn 1971: 520). Just over three years later, on February 14, 1974, Turkey informed the United States that Turkish farmers would be allowed to cultivate opium poppy again (Middle East journal Spring 1974: 170). This move was quickly publicized as detrimental to the worldwide anti-narcotics effort. However,
Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1977
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