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Published online 19 September 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/449268a
Opiates for the masses
Afghanistan produces almost all of the world's illegal opiates. Should it eradicate the poppy trade or experiment with legalizing it to make painkillers for the developing world? Katharine Sanderson reports.
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