Luang Namtha police clear 9 hectares of opium poppies. Authorities in Viengphoukha district, Luang Namtha province, have cut ...

Opium poppy plants can be refined to form the the basis for several highly addictive drugs, including heroin. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, according to the United Nations ...

The ban on growing opium poppy has devastating consequences for the Afghan rural population. The Taliban have yet to offer alternatives. Calls for international aid are growing louder. This week ...

Law protectors of the Indian Union chipped down 15 acres of illegal poppy cultivation at Kapao hill range in Manipur's ...

On the contrary, Vermont opium is condemned as being merely an extract of poppy leaves and stalks, with a little true opium juice, very variable in composition, and wholly unfit to replace the ...

As part of the ongoing war on drug campaigns, the security personnel on Tuesday chipped down 15 acres of illegal poppy cultivation before its harvesting at Kapao hill range in Manipur’s Senapati ...

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 ...