Mexico's poppy cultivation fell 9% in the Sierra de Guerrero

The arrival of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, has lowered prices: study Poppy planters in the mountainous areas of Guerrero have traditionally engaged in this activity. His parents or grandparents started this crop about 40 years ago, in an area where there are few opportunities for development, absence of health centers, no transportation, reduced connection to markets in which to place the production of their milpas and there are only high-level schools primary, indicates Rimisp-Latin American Center for Rural Development. He refers that in 2018 the poppy crops in the country were estimated at 28 thousand hectares, which is equivalent to approximately 450 tons of opium gum. This is a 9 percent reduction in the cultivated area between 2017 and 2018 due to fluctuations in the prices of substances associated with the development of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, from Asia, indicates the report Analysis of interviews conducted with young growers of coca and poppies in ...