Khurda: The Orissa High Court has directed state authorities to take appropriate legal action in a case concerning the supply ...

There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations said Thursday, while ...

The United Nations estimates that cultivation of the flowering poppy plant, a key ingredient in heroin, accounts for about 60 percent of Afghanistan’s gross domestic product. Despite efforts to curb ...

Taking action against illegal drugs business in Neemuch district, police caught illegal cultivation of opium and hemp in large numbers near Palra village under Rampura police station area of the ...

Of all plants used in the field of medicine, none has been as widely employed – nor has helped to save as many lives and ease suffering – as the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The plant and its ...

TORY leadership candidate Rory Stewart has apologised for smoking opium in Iran. Mr Stewart, who is currently the International Development Secretary and is vying to be the next Prime Minister, smoked ...

Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves east ...