Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...
Caught between conflict and survival, Myanmar's displaced communities are turning to poppy farming, fuelling a booming opium ...
For those displaced by relentless conflict in the world’s biggest producer of opium, poppy farming offers a fragile lifeline.
Myanmar's police have destroyed 48 acres of opium poppy fields in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily ...
The country's opiate economy — including the value of domestic consumption as well as exports abroad — is estimated to be ...
Pune Police have seized 66 illegally cultivated opium plants from a farm in Alandi Mhatobachi village, Haveli taluka. The ...
Prices for opium in Afghanistan have increased tenfold since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban in 2022 following ...
The continued rise in drug production and trafficking from Afghanistan requires immediate and coordinated action. The UNODC meeting represents a critical opportunity for international stakeholders to ...
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...
For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...