The climate of these parts of Asia seems peculiarly adapted to the growth of the species of poppy (papaver somniferum), from which opium is obtained ; accumulating in the juice of the plant the ...

The ruling states the Controlled Dangerous Substances Act "does not distinguish between seeds that have different levels of ...

Researchers Find Many Small Metal Spoons With Traces of Opium, Say Barbarian Warriors Used Stimulants Before Battle ...

Only recently has the Afghan government seemed to take stock of the obvious: For the outside world's largesse to continue, the national economy's addiction to opium must end. The poppy fields must ...

On the contrary, Vermont opium is condemned as being merely an extract of poppy leaves and stalks, with a little true opium juice, very variable in composition, and wholly unfit to replace the ...

A mob of around 80 people on Friday confronted a security team that went to destroy illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur's Kangpokpi district and damaged four vehicles, police said.

poppy cultivation has practically come to a standstill. For the first time in decades, Myanmar has replaced Afghanistan as the world's largest opium and heroin producer. It would be natural to ...

4. The first British poppy crop was destroyed by hares In the 19th Century, British horticulturalists who were incentivised by the booming opium trade attempted to establish an opium poppy crop in ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country after banning cultivation of the crop, analysis of satellite imagery and reports from the ground ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...