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

The ban on growing opium poppy has devastating consequences for the Afghan rural population. The Taliban have yet to offer alternatives. Calls for international aid are growing louder.This week ...

Assam destroys poppy plantations worth ₹27.20 crore, Chief Minister compares local cultivators to Pablo Escobar.

For lack of better alternatives, most farmers are now growing wheat instead of poppies. The yield per hectare for this crop is many times lower than that of opium. Bjelica, who interviewed farmers ...

Xieng Khuang authorities last week destroyed over 14,100 square metres of opium poppies in Phoukoud district, cut down opium poppy, smashing the plants with wooden sticks and uprooting them to prevent ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers ... before the military takeover returned to growing opium, Masood Karimipour, UNODC Regional ...

Chatra: Efforts by the police against poppy cultivation are yielding results in Chatra district as villagers have begun ...

The atsumigeshi poppy can grow 80 centimeters high during spring ... They say more than 10,450 stalks of banned opium poppies, including the atsumigeshi variety, were removed across the prefecture ...