That's a lot of opium. Are there that many people who want it? If they want it, why not? Government should broadly advertise the dangers, and then let them do their thing... if it kills them. No government support, later. Of course, maybe opium is good for you, and cures diseases, and is competition for Big Pharma. After all, just listen-to/look-at the warnings on the pharmaceutical drugs, but they are still promoted.