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		aaronblohowiak on Aug 21, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Do Afghan Drug Lords Spend All That Loot? Where would they get all that water? Corn is a VERY thirsty crop, wheras opium poppies actually produce more alkoloids when given less water.

JimmyL on Aug 21, 2009 [–]

I don't think they could - hence, one of the many reasons that they don't grow it.

I'm saying that if they had the capability to grow corn, as fizx suggests, then it would be better to use that corn for food, as opposed to biodiesel.

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