[gandalftb]

It would be far cheaper for us to buy the opium, giving the money to small farmers only (not their landlords), limiting the acreage, destroying the opium or at least air dropping over Iran. Then when we control the harvest, encourage conversion back to wheat/rye/grains and pomegranate trees.

The big problem is the lack of roads to transport anything harvested to market.

[Karliner]

It would be far cheaper for us to buy the opium, giving the money to small farmers only (not their landlords), limiting the acreage, destroying the opium or at least air dropping over Iran. Then when we control the harvest, encourage conversion back to wheat/rye/grains and pomegranate trees. The big problem is the lack of roads to transport anything harvested to market.

Where to begin? It might be interesting to see the landlords overdosing on their product.