GARMSER, Afghanistan -- The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the ...

1880s opium trail infected city-folk and pioneers alike, across states and the Dakota Territory From Deadwood, South Dakota, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and east to Duluth and St. Paul, opium ...

The longevity of the Taliban’s opium ban hinges on a multifaceted approach.

Why are Afghan opium prices soaring? Explained In 2024, opium prices reached ₹ 65,486 per kilogram, a tenfold growth from ₹ 6,535 per kilogram in 2022 when the Taliban government banned poppy ...

Opium is the name given to the milky latex material in the poppy plant that contains alkaloids. The resinous and water-soluble material was originally derived from the mature, ripe poppy seed bulbs.

While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War.

GARMSER, Afghanistan — The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the ...

The specific name of the poppy, somniferum, is a hint towards the pain relief that opium can provide, as it refers to its sedative qualities, literally meaning ‘sleep-bringing’. Today, opium poppies ...

Police seize 4,018 kg of poppy bulbs used for manufacturing opium from a truck at Rampur under Namkum police station area. Truck driver arrested. Investigation ongoing.

Ranchi: Acting on a tip-off, Ranchi police on Monday seized 3,950 kilograms of opium bulbs worth around Rs 6 crore from a truck during a search operation near Huwanghatu village under Namkum ...

Amitav Ghosh’s Reckoning With Opium His new book, Smoke and Ashes, traces the ravages of British opium on India from the eighteenth century to the present.

The Maharashtra Police have arrested two farmers for illegally cultivating opium poppy plants in their onion and chrysanthemum plantations in Pune district and seized over 10 kg of opium bulbs worth ...