Today, however, the amount of opium poppy and other opiates that remain stockpiled in farmers’ inventories is unknown. Continued seizures and field reports suggest that farmers and traders are ...

The United Nations have said that the Taleban made an estimated US$100m (£50m) in 2007 from Afghan farmers growing poppy for the opium trade. Opium produced from the plants fuels the insurgency ...

The poppy fields must be destroyed ... "It's the police who transport our opium in their cars! You see the big buildings in Lashkar Gah and Kandahar. This is money from corruption." ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation and production from 2021 through 2023, which UNODC ...

A mob of around 80 people on Friday confronted a security team that went to destroy illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur's Kangpokpi district and damaged four vehicles, police said.

poppy cultivation has practically come to a standstill. For the first time in decades, Myanmar has replaced Afghanistan as the world's largest opium and heroin producer. It would be natural to ...

In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws. Opium is the essential ingredient for manufacturing the street drug heroin ...

Imphal: A mob of around 80 people on Friday confronted a security team that went to destroy illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur's Kangpokpi district and damaged four vehicles, police said ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...