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Originally Posted by JimmyRay73
I always figured the break down in communication and easy transport would lead to a rise in "home grown" narcotics such as the ever-present marijuana and relatively easy to manufacture meth. Long lines of transport and the necessity for refinement would most likely make things like cocaine and opiates (morphine, heroin, etc) less common except in the areas they're indigenous to.
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I tend to agree except that I count all of the later as being "home grown" narcotics. You are right on one thing, we use a lot of refinement for the others but there is no real need for it, at least for the dirivative of Opium.
I don't know much about drugs in general (except for some consumption back in college), and even less about their making process, but cocaïne as been used since the mid-19th century. As a result, I don't expect that you'll need very complex lab to get it. For exemple, it was often mixed with cigarettes.
Opium has been used since 3000 B.C. and is as easy to get as canabis/marijuana. In my opinion you still can find a fair amount of opium/morphine around. You should also look at what was called "Polish Opium". Currently, opium is produced mainly in Asia, in the Middle East, Mexico and Columbia. With the Twilight war I would expect the culture area to be much wider, at least for medical reason. Every local warlord will be interested in getting some morphine.
To these you can had several less common narcotics inlcuding mushrooms, peyotl...
However, I agree with you and most chemical drugs will have become unavailable. Of course, the large reduction in international trade will reduce the amount of drug trade but I don't think that it will suppress it. IMO, two main market will remain active during the twilight war: weapons and drugs.