The recent debate in the Balochistan Assembly over the increasing cultivation of poppy in the province has, once again, brought to light an uncomfortable but necessary conversation. Can poppy be ...

Shimla: As the drug menace continues to spread its tentacles in Himachal Pradesh over the past few years, the state is equipped with only five de-addi.

Interestingly, to safeguard their opium trade with China, the East India Company outlawed its use in India, although opium poppy seeds, known as posto in Bengal, entered the cuisine of the state ...

Muffins came later, in high school, along with slices of glazed lemon poppy seed pound cake. The seeds work differently in ...

Most culinary poppy seeds come from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a hardy annual that produces stunning flowers in shades of red, purple, and white.

As beautiful as poppies are, it would be convenient if you could just plant the poppy seeds from your kitchen cabinet - but you'll need to do this test first.

Ten-foot-tall cannabis plants flourish in Alam's fields. The crop — the source of both marijuana and hashish — can be just as profitable as opium but draws none of the scrutiny from Afghan ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia seized nearly 300 pounds of dried opium poppy pods.

A warrant was obtained to do an additional search of the home where 9 guns with thousands of rounds of ammo and approximately 60 opium poppy plants and marijuana plants were found. The man was ...

Two men were arrested in Fresno after police found illegally owned firearms and marijuana plants in their homes, leading to additional charges for illegal firearm sales.