Poppy pods have become increasingly popular in recent years for a variety of uses from ornamental purposes in gardens to their use in crafting herbal medicine and even their role in traditional practi ...

The ongoing civil war in Myanmar, now spanning over three years, has provided an opportunity for drug cartels to thrive, with ...

The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across ...

They are P. rhoeas L. (common poppy, corn poppy, field poppy) and P. somniferum L. (opium poppy, or literally ‘sleep-inducing’ poppy) and they have a rich history of economic, medical and scientific ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. fostered by the crisis that ...

A summer garden filled with colorful poppy flowers starts in autumn. Either let your poppies dry out and naturally scatter ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. fostered by the crisis that arose after its army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in ...

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 ...

UNODC announced last year that Myanmar had overtaken Afghanistan to become the world’s top opium producer, saying a ban imposed by the ruling Taliban after its 2021 takeover led to a 95% drop there in ...

Edo Costantini and Delfina Braun, a couple of Argentine artists based in upstate New York, have just successfully ended an ...