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Lab company continuing its multi-year lobbying push to grow poppies for painkillers in the Prairies

And eight other insights from the IJF's weekly lobbying newsletter

Carly Penrose
Carly Penrose

5 Dec 2024 • 9 min read

Tall pink and white poppy flowers grow in a field. A man is seen out of focus in the background
An Afghan man walks through a poppy field in the Surkh Rod district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Canadian company is lobbying to be able to cultivate poppies in Saskatchewan, even though the practice is banned by Health Canada. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Carly Penrose
Carly Penrose

Carly is a Toronto-based journalist. She holds a master of journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work has appeared in the National Post, This Magazine and The Canadian Press.

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