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 ...

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 ...

Baripada: Opium plantation was detected inside Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district and poppy plants worth Rs 1.91 ...

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 ...

Nearly one lakh poppy plants flattened during raid in core forest area as authorities intensify crackdown on drug networks using remote sanctuaries ...

Opium poppy buds at an illegal field in Hopong, a town in Myanmar's Shan State, in 2019 [File: Ye Aung Thu/AFP] Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has hit a 10-year peak, with the crop area increasing ...

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 ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghan efforts to stamp out opium poppy cultivation are failing because of high prices for the illicit crop, pushing farmers to grow 18 percent more in 2012 than last year, ...

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 ...