The opening salvo in the global war on drugs took place in a Dutch royal palace a century ago, and involved not guns but ...

The price of opium in Afghanistan surged to $750 per kilogram in 2024, a tenfold increase compared to two years prior, according to a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday.

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. An ancient alabaster vase ...

Afghanistan's opium trade is booming. An Afghan security force member destroys an illegal poppy crop in the Noor Gal district of eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan on April 29, 2014. Noorullah ...

Opium production rose 33% in Myanmar, the first season after the military's violent takeover of the country, a U.N. report released Thursday. This jump signifies enhanced sophistication in farming ...

ZHARI, Afghanistan -- It's the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan - the country's intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall as ...

YANGON: Opium cultivation in Myanmar has reached a record high in 10 years, and opium plantations are also increasing in opium-growing areas, according to a statement from the United Nations Office on ...

Deputies seized thousands of opium poppies on Moss Landing, California, over the weekend. Monterey County Sheriff's Office A field filled with thousands of opium poppies — enough to make $45,000 worth ...

Opium production in Afghanistan increased by considerable amounts in 2016, according to the 2016 Opium Survey for the country, produced by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. As much as 90% of the world ...

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Men, women and children sit listlessly on the unkempt lawn of a hospital for drug addicts in this northern Afghan city. Inside, the waiting area is packed with women clad ...

The Panchkula police’s Crime Branch, Sector 19, has busted a novel drug smuggling racket in which opium was being concealed ...