1.   Finally, many farmers turned to growing poppies.

2.   Q. A Georgia man has been arrested for growing poppies.

3.   Incentives have to be provided to farmers so they do not revert to growing poppies used to produce drugs, Wolfensohn said.

4.   Klaus Nyholm, head of the U.N. Drug Control Program in Colombia, said coffee growers have turned to growing poppies in addition to maintaining their coffee plants.

5.   Pressing issues abound, and the need to divert Afghan farmers from growing poppy for the heroin and opium industries is high on the list.

6.   Taliban leaders say international agencies like the United Nations should help build irrigation canals, roads and factories to entice farmers away from growing poppies.

7.   Without a substitute crop and a viable economy, no one can force the farmers to stop growing poppies, he said.

8.   Vitkova said Bulgaria imported what it needed for its pharmaceutical industry and there was no good reason for growing poppies and cannabis.

9.   Whatever the reason, the threat of severe punishment for those caught growing poppies proved effective.