But fleeing conflict zones to farm opium does not guarantee safety. "Military fighter jets are flying over us," said Aung Naing. "We are working in poppy fields with anxiety and fear. We feel unsafe." ...

Or opium use? What the Taliban are doing isn't ... They direct water to this or that farm simply by pushing aside a pile of mud with a hoe. As one USAID irrigation specialist said as we watched ...

Poon Wung, a jolly man, "sleek and fat," was the owner of the laundromat, a front for a “hop hung,” or opium den. Inside the shack’s front door was an empty room, and a curtain hiding the ...

Jaipur: Licensed opium cultivators in Rajasthan accused the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) of unfair and arbitrary quality assessments during the ongoing procurement process in Chittorgarh ...

The Myanmar Opium Survey 2024 issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that after three consecutive years of growth, the area where opium is cultivated fell by 4% to 45,200 ...

The relatively unknown story of wartime Japan ’ s ties with the opium trade in China is now in the public domain, courtesy of a manga series that has already sold more than 1.8 million copies in ...