Underscoring the growing use of drug trafficking proceeds to fund terrorism, aid armed groups, and instigate political ...

The total area of opium poppy cultivation in violence-hit Manipur has declined 60 per cent since 2021, latest data from the ...

Investigative journalist Patrick Winn spent years pursuing Asia's most notorious narcotics syndicate. This excerpt from his ...

A Chilliwack-area farmer is now plowing down seven acres of what’s become the largest opium poppy bust ever in Canada. Chilliwack RCMP’s drug section on Monday showed up at a rural property in the ...

Synthetic drugs – sometimes called “designer drugs ... in the same manner as cocaine is to coca and heroin is to the opium poppy and, as such, are classified separately.

caused by the Taliban cracking down on opium poppy fields in Afghanistan. Dr Judith Yates – who collates data about drug deaths – warned the BBC that the shortage of heroin could lead to "10 ...

Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) produced in opium poppy have been evidenced to heal patients suffering from various diseases. They, therefore, hold an integral position in the herbal drug industry ...

I continued to use the opium poppy tea, almost daily, for around three weeks ... When humans will always use drugs, shouldn’t the use of less potent, safer versions of our preferred substances be ...

However, among many things, nobody had thought to find hectares of opium poppy plantations here. As per reports, the Excise Department officials raided another opium poppy plantation in the interior ...

Baripada: In a fresh operation, excise officials conducted a raid in interior areas of Similipal National Park and tiger reserve in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district and destroyed opium poppy cultivation ...