Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday the government is studying what to do about growers of opium poppies who have been hit by competition from synthetic opioids, suggesting that ...

CHAM KALAI, Afghanistan (AP) – The seeds flew from his hands into the soil. Wrapped in a woolen shawl against the cold, Khan Bacha sowed his fields with the only crop he says brings him enough money ...

Illegal opium plantations valued at Rs 1.91 crore were discovered and destroyed in Similipal National Park. A joint police ...

CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Mounties have wiped out a field of opium poppies in B.C.’s Fraser Valley in a first-of-its kind drug bust that’s also revealed a much larger problem within the South Asian community ...

Afghanistan's opium poppy cultivation fell to 10,200 hectares this year, one of the lowest levels recorded in the country's history, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said, but the Taliban ban has ...

ZHARI, Afghanistan (AP) — It’s the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan — the country’s intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall ...

Guatemalan security forces eradicate opium poppies in a village near Tajumulco, Guatemala, March 20, 2024. The boom in supply and use of the synthetic opioid fentanyl has devastated the trade in opium ...

Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, thus opening doors to alternate methods of producing these effective ...

A semi truck allegedly smuggling seven boxes of suspected dried opium poppy plants worth an estimated $58,000 was stopped at the truck border crossing in Blaine attempting to enter Canada earlier this ...