How to Grow Coca and Opium Poppies – Global Drug Trafficking pt. 2
This post is part of a blog series about Global Drug Trafficking. Find part one, “Discover the Trade” here. This week, we will discuss the cultivation of the coca plant (cocaine) and the opium poppy (heroin). As designer drugs such as methamphetamine and ecstacy are not cultivated (only organic drugs are), we will not discuss them until the next Global Drug Trafficking post, which will be on the manufacture. The source for all statistical information in these posts is the UNODC – the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime, and in particular the World Drugs Report 2010. Cultivation of the Coca Plant for Cocaine Coca (Erothroxylum Coca) is a plant native to western South America. It has always played a big role in Andean culture, where it is used...
Gloomy Sunday
There’s always something a little gloomy about Sundays, don’t you think? A few strange things happened this week. First of all, I made a very important decision. I donated my brain. Here in The Netherlands, you are free in the choice whether or not to donate organs after you pass. Another option, which can be combined with the donation of organs, is the donation of your brain to the “Dutch Brain Bank”, de Hersenbank. * This organization was founded in 1985 by a neurobiologist I greatly admire – Dick Swaab**. He’s not afraid to research unconventional things, such as homosexuality, religion and moral behavior and even love, and its foundations in the brain. Over 30 years time, he’s received multiple death threats from...
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