| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Illegal
Mexiko. Mexican Opium Prices Plummet, Driving Poppy Farmers to Migrate
Mexiko. Mexican Opium Prices Plummet, Driving Poppy Farmers to Migrate
The drop in prices is leading poppy farmers to seek work in the United States and other places.
(...) Some evidence is emerging that fentanyl, a powerful and highly addictive synthetic opiate, is replacing heroin and other drugs, particularly on the East Coast. The soaring production of heroin in recent years may also have accounted for the recent drop. (New York Times, 07.07.2019)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/world/americas/mexico-drugs-migration.html