Opium poppy is an annual or biennial herb of the genus Papaver. It is the main ingredient for the preparation of opium, which has been prohibited for unauthorized cultivation. However, the ...

Bangkok, Thailand — Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government's crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report ...

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 ...

Lashkar Gah is the capital of the volatile province that alone grows half of Afghanistan's opium poppy. Cultivation here grew by 34 percent over last year. On Fridays, hundreds of men gather at the ...

UNODC survey found 85% of families in northern provinces unable to replace poppy income. Production fell 32% to 296 tonnes as ...

Poppy seeds are the edible seeds of the opium poppy plant. It is possible to fail a drug test after ingesting these seeds or foods containing these seeds. Many different factors can influence the ...

Police have charged four people after 60,000 opium poppy plants were found growing in a field behind a home on the northeast edge of Edmonton. Police believe the bust in July is the second-largest in ...