A U.N. report says that despite efforts to deter opium production in Afghanistan, officials expect an abundant harvest. The United Nations predicts Afghanistan will harvest a near-record opium poppy ...

Military forces have dealt a major blow to drug trafficking rings operating along the northern border. In a dramatic morning raid near a remote ...

In China around 1839, large quantities of opium were circulating, with an estimated 40,000 boxes of opium being brought in annually via the port of Guangzhou. A huge market had formed, with some ...

Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Thailand have become collateral damage from the civil war in neighbouring Myanmar, turning to drugs as supply through the area rockets on the back of the ...

In early February, Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized over 1,350 kilograms of narcotics worth 77.85 million rupees (about $280,000) in a series of operations across Pakistan. The operation ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of ...

A key driver of Myanmar's production growth has been surging opium prices. Fresh opium now fetches about $329 per kilogram, more than double the 2019 price of $145. The opium economy in Myanmar is ...