By marilyngeary / January 30, 2017 January 30, 2017
Today we visited farms in the area. Here our guide shows us a henna plant.
The opium poppies are in bloom. The government licenses farmers to grow these poppies for medicinal purposes. They cut the pods and extract the opium “milk” with a spoon in the field. The government does not pay a lot for the opium, so some farmers sell it on the black market,