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A Dangerous Cash Crop

A Dangerous Cash Crop

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Oct 04, 2008
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For the poverty-stricken peoples of the districts of Nadia and Murshidabad in India’s West Bengal, illicit money-spinning crops of marijuana and opium poppies are seen as a much-needed financial lifeline. But this is no mere local problem, with terrorist organisations rather than local narcotics barons being seen as pulling the strings behind the scenes.

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