Opium production rose 33% in Myanmar, the first season after the military's violent takeover of the country, a U.N. report released Thursday. This jump signifies enhanced sophistication in farming ...

Two men from Lacey's Spring face drug trafficking and other charges after a Monday traffic stop allegedly uncovered more than 20 morphine pills, methamphetamine and marijuana in their vehicle, ...

BANGKOK — The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication efforts have dropped ...

VIENNA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban ...

VIENNA, June 26 (Reuters) - The Taliban-ordered crash in opium production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier, could drive up overdose deaths as heroin users switch to synthetic opioids ...

A traffic stop in Benton, Arkansas took a shocking turn when police arrested a man after mistaking his YSL ‘Opium’ cologne for actual narcotics. It happened on May 3, 2025, when officers with the ...

Six months after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted Dover-bound opium poppy pods at the Port of Wilmington, officials have seized another shipment. The 3-kilogram package — or 7 ...

The opium poppy looks delicate and innocuous. But for Amitav Ghosh, an Indian writer, it is “one of the most powerful beings that humans have encountered in their time on Earth”. Mr Ghosh’s elegant ...

CULLMAN, Ala. (WIAT) — The Cullman Police Department is currently looking for a man wanted on several charges, including drug trafficking. Last week, Whitney Cheatham was arrested and charged with ...

The fentanyl epidemic in the U.S. is intensely tragic for individuals and damaging to society, but it is not without precedent. For nearly a century, widespread Chinese addiction to opium destroyed ...