Afghanistan’s stockpiles before the drop in opium cultivation may have been worth between US $4.6 to US $5.9 billion, or roughly 23-29 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2023. This ...

The condemnation of the French Naval Ensign Ullmo to life imprisonment this week on the charge of treason, despite his defense that he was not responsible, owing to opium smoking, has profoundly ...

The other flows from opium trafficking supported by the Taliban, which use the proceeds to fund attacks on Western troops. Only recently has the Afghan government seemed to take stock of the ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

"If anyone were in my shoes, they would likely do the same." - Displaced and desperate - Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...

In addition to that, as many as 40 tractors have also been deployed to destroy opium cultivation in more than 180 villages in the district. According to police, the operation will continue for the ...

With drug addiction, you can’t resist the urge to use them. If you’re worried ... Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows in Mexico, Asia, and South ...