What will stop the village elders in charge of controlling a Poppy for Medicine project from selling licensed poppy harvests to drug traders?
A. In Poppy for Medicine projects, the local transformation of raw poppy materials into medicines will bring the significant economic value of poppy to the village, providing extremely strong incentives for rural communities to permanently terminate their links with drug traffickers. Granted access to a stable livelihood, rural communities will be provided with a real choice between the legal and illegal economy. Poppy for Medicine projects will provide local communities with a vested interest in protecting the projects, and any diversion will result in the project village losing its license.
