Most poppy seeds you'll see have been washed to reduce the amount of opium alkaloids, but they won’t be eliminated entirely.

KABUL, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The counter-narcotics police have discovered 12.5 kg of opium poppy and arrested three individuals on the charge of involvement in the drug business in the northern ...

This week, the Taliban announced that more than 100 people were arrested in northeastern Afghanistan for allegedly growing opium poppy. The arrests were made in a region that had previously defied ...

In the years before the Taliban banned drugs in 2022, opium and heroin production in ... However, when the Taliban took action against poppy cultivation in May of this year, thousands of angry ...

Yet the present report points to a particularly alarming development, i.e., online sale of drugs derived from opium poppy. It should not be difficult for the relevant authorities to investigate if ...

"According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, opium poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan has decreased by 95%, yet opioids, such as heroin and opium, as well as Afghan-made ...

Australia’s newest opium factory is located, un-signposted as such, in a bland industrial estate on the fringes of Melbourne. Its security controls are like those of an embattled embassy.

The Myanmar Opium Survey 2024 issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that after ... is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation ...

KABUL, April 15 (Xinhua) -- In the drive against illegal crops, police have destroyed more than 88 acres of poppy farms and arrested a dozen persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business ...

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 ...

KABUL, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The counter-narcotics police have discovered 12.5 kg of opium poppy and arrested three individuals on the charge of involvement in the drug business in the northern ...