According to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2019, opium harvesting provided the equivalent of up to 119,000 full-time ...

Kawal Deep Kour’s Ghazipur, The Opium Mint: From 1820 to the Present unearths a fascinating history that intertwines colonial ...

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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.

A key aspect of the Ghazipur operation was its reliance on advancements in chemistry to refine opium production. During World War II and in its aftermath, opium's medicinal value grew ...

Also Read | Taliban move to ban opium production in Afghanistan Last December, more than 100 individuals were arrested in the northeastern Badakhshan region for defying the ban on poppy cultivation.

"If anyone were in my shoes, they would likely do the same." Displaced and desperate Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished following ...

In Afghanistan, the price of opium has increased tenfold since the ban on poppy cultivation. The sharp rise in prices could ...