How is opium harvested legally for pain medication, and is it harvested in Afghanistan legally for medicine?

<h3>How is opium harvested legally for pain medication, and is it harvested in Afghanistan legally for medicine?</h3>

A lot of people are prescribed pain pills in America that contain opium, and doctors use morphine a lot in emergency rooms for people in a lot of pain. Is part of the war in Afghanistan over the legal production of opiates? I've heard the poppy flower/plant is mostly grown in Afghanistan.


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<p><i>Answer by Dude</i><br/>You can grow and make your opium right here.</p>
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071109-A-2013C-028 A paratrooper from 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, scans the low ground while providing security for a convoy passing through the mountains of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 10. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Micah E. Clare) <a href="http://www.army.mil">www.army.mil</a></p>

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