APPENDIX 1: Heathside Report
Budget Capital and Operational Costing Study for Poppy for Medicine Projects in Afghanistan

As a part of ongoing research on the Poppy for Medicine initiative for Afghanistan, the British pharmaceutical consulting firm Heathside Information Services Limited has undertaken research on the economics of processing raw poppy materials into morphine medicines in a small factory in Afghanistan.

Full report (955 Ko, pdf)

APPENDIX 2: Costs involved in Poppy for Medicine projects

An appendix to the Afghanistan Case Study detailing the costs of the P4M project, including:

Costs of the raw material and morphine
Cost of producing raw poppy materials
Cost of producing 1 kilo of morphine sulphate
Costs and Benefits to Afghan government
Value Chain (USD per kilo of morphine)

Full report (83 kb, pdf)