Actually, State protected producers like Australia have a solid grip on pharmaceutical opiate supply. Tasmania is a major producer I recall. They firmly opposed Afghanistan's attempt to cut in on their monopoly on supplying big-pharma in the 2000's after the invasion - Afghan opium product is primarily sent illegally to countries like Russia and those 'adversaries' that the MIC seeks to socially undermine. (Trying to recall the name of the well-known neocon who boasted and celebrated the fact that so much Afghan heroin was being sent to Russia, but it eludes me at the moment)
Actually, State protected producers like Australia have a solid grip on pharmaceutical opiate supply. Tasmania is a major producer I recall. They firmly opposed Afghanistan's attempt to cut in on their monopoly on supplying big-pharma in the 2000's after the invasion - Afghan opium product is primarily sent illegally to countries like Russia and those 'adversaries' that the MIC seeks to socially undermine. (Trying to recall the name of the well-known neocon who boasted and celebrated the fact that so much Afghan heroin was being sent to Russia, but it eludes me at the moment)